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EDITED    WITH  AN  INTRODUCTION  AND   NOTES 


ROBERT   WALLER   DEERING,  Ph.D. 

Professor  of  Germanic  Languages  in  Western  Reserve  University 


BOSTON,  U.  S.  A. 

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PREFACE. 


There  is,  perhaps,  no  German  play  better  suited  to  the 
needs  of  students  than  Schiller's  SBilfyelm  Sell.  Its  noble 
theme,  simple  style,  lofty  poetic  tone  and  wonderful  drama- 
tic power  make  it  in  every  way  an  admirable  text  for  class 
use.  The  writer's  purpose  in  the  present  volume  has  been 
to  prepare  an  adequate,  yet  convenient  edition  of  the  play 
for  school  and  college.  The  book  claims  no  special  origin- 
ality, but  is  simply  an  attempt  to  provide  the  text  with 
such  practical  commentary  as  will  best  meet  the  needs  of 
the  student  who  would  not  only  read,  but  also  understand 
and  appreciate  Schiller's  great  drama. 

The  Text  is  that  of  the  first  Cotta  edition  (1804),  the 
only  one  Schiller  corrected,  with  such  minor  changes  as 
seemed  necessary  on  comparison  of  this  original  with  the 
Berlin,  Hamburg  and  Aschaffenburg  MSS.,  which  have  been 
carefully  collated  by  Maltzahn,  Oesterley  and  Vollmer.  For 
obvious  reasons  orthography  and  punctuation  have  been 
conformed  to  modern  standards. 

The  Introduction  has  been  made  as  short  as  possible  in 
justice  to  the  subject.  After  some  hesitation,  a  sketch  of 
Schiller  was  included ;  not,  of  course,  because  of  any  lack 
of  <  lives  '  of  Schiller,  but  because  even  the  best  known  of 
these  sketches,  Carlyle's  for  instance,  are  unfortunately  not 


IV  PREFACE. 

always  accessible  to  students,  and  again  because  students 
rarely  read  a  detailed  biography,  even  when  it  is  accessible. 
Other  chapters  of  the  Introduction  are  devoted  to  the 
systematic  treatment  of  the  more  important  dramatic,  his- 
torical and  legendary  questions  connected  with  the  play, 
which  could  not  be  properly  discussed  in  the  Notes.  The 
sometimes  rather  detailed  statement  has  seemed  necessary, 
since  any  real  appreciation  of  S£eII  is  impossible  until  such 
vital  points  are  clearly  understood. 

Designed  for  two  very  different  kinds  of  students  —  for 
such  as  may  read  SeE  as  a  first  classic,  early  in  their  German 
course,  as  well  as  for  more  advanced  pupils  who  may  wish 
to  use  the  play  for  rapid  reading  later  —  the  Notes  have 
of  necessity  a  two-fold  character,  so  that  elementary  points 
are  often  explained  side  by  side  with  matters  more  difficult. 

In  preparing  the  commentary,  the  editor  has  made  free  use 
of  all  the  material  available  and  desires  to  express  here  his 
sense  of  general  obligation  to  Bellermann,  Birlinger,  Breul, 
Buchheim,  Dierauer,  Dlintzer,  Funke,  Oechsli,  Vischer  and 
other  predecessors  in  the  same  field.  Particular  indebted- 
ness is  frankly  acknowledged  in  its  proper  connection. 
Heartiest  thanks  are  also  due  to  Professor  E.  S.  Joynes  of 
South  Carolina  College  for  many  valuable  suggestions,  and 
to  Dr.  Lewis  A.  Rhoades  of  Cornell  University  for  careful 
reading  of  the  proofs. 

R.  W.  Deering. 
Cleveland,  January,  1894. 


INTRODUCTION. 


I.     SKETCH    OF    SCHILLER'S    LIFE   AND  WORKS. 

There  is  no  writer  so  well  known,  none  so  honored  among 
the  masses  of  German  people  as  Friedrich  Schiller.  Not  Luther, 
nor  Goethe,  nor  anyone  has  ever  got  so  close  to  the  great,  honest 
German  heart  as  he.  His  name  is  a  household  word  with  every 
class.  The  rich  and  cultured  honor  the  genius  with  which  he 
embodied  his  lofty  ideals  ;  the  poor  and  humble  love  him  for  his 
childlike  simplicity  and  genuineness,  for  his  broad  and  tender 
human  sympathies,  for  his  noble  life  —  in  spite  of  its  sore  trials 
and  bitter  disappointments,  to  them  an  inspiring  example  of  all 
that  is  best  and  noblest  in  German  character.  His  splendid 
genius,  his  sterling  manhood,  his  tireless  energy,  his  unflinching 
courage  command  the  esteem  and  admiration  of  all  men. 

He  descended  from  the  sturdy  stock  of  the  middle  classes. 
His  ancestors  were  doughty  village  bakers  and  inn-keepers, 
holding  office  also  as  magistrates.  His  father  was  first  barber's 
apprentice,  then  surgeon,  soldier  and  finally  major  in  the  army 
of  the  Duke  of  Wurtemberg.  He  was  a  man  of  considerable 
culture,  of  positive  character,  blunt  and  imperious  in  manner, 
but  the  soul  of  honor  and  kindness.  The  rugged  soldier  found 
a  fitting  helpmeet  in  Elisabeth  Dorothea  Kodweiss,  the  slender, 
blond-haired  daughter  of  '  mine  host  of  the  Golden  Lion '  in 
Marbach  in  Wurtemberg  —  a  glad-hearted  girl  of  seventeen, 
whom  time  soon  developed  into  a  noble,  womanly  woman  of 
excellent  tact  and  judgment,  of  singularly  gentle  and  happy 
disposition,  of  finest  sense  and  feeling.     The  'eldest  son  and 

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VI  INTRODUCTION. 

second  child  of  this  worthy  couple  was  Johann  Christoph  Fried- 
rich  Schiller,  born  in  Marbach  on  Saturday,  Nov.  10,  1759  — 
thirty  years  after  Lessing,  ten  years  after  Goethe,  two  hundred 
and  seventy-six  years,  to  the  day,  after  Luther.  Unlike  the 
precocious  wonder-child  Goethe,  Schiller  was  an  average  boy, 
like  other  boys.  Unlike  Goethe,  he  inherited  the  physique  of 
his  mother,  even  to  her  soft  blue  eyes  and  red-blond  hair.  He 
combined  the  mental  qualities  of  both  parents  —  his  father's 
restless  energy  and  ambition  and  his  mother's  gentle  dignity, 
happy  disposition,  refined  feeling  and  decided  literary  taste. 
The  mother's  influence,  especially  during  his  earlier  years,  when 
the  father  was  away  with  the  army,  cannot  be  overestimated  in 
its  wholesome  effect  upon  the  boy's  character.  His  first  teacher 
was  good  old  pastor  Moser  in  the  neighboring  village  of  Lorch, 
whom  the  poet  afterward  honored  in  9D£ofer,  the  priest,  in  the 
Member. 

By  nature  devout,  inspired  by  the  example  of  his  teacher  and 
warmly  encouraged  by  his  parents,  the  boy  early  decided  to  be- 
come a  dergyman,  and  devoted  some  time  to  preparatory  classical 
studies  in  the  Latin  School  at  Ludwigsburg.  These  cherished 
plans  were  broken  up,  however,  by  Duke  Karl  Eugen,  who 
wanted  the  already  promising  student  for  his  new  military 
academy,  the  later  $arlsfd)u(e,  near  his  country  residence,  ■  Soli- 
tude.' He  offered  a  free  education  on  condition  that  Schiller 
then  devote  himself  to  the  service  of  Wiirtemberg.  Limited  in 
means  and  afraid  to  refuse,  his  parents  reluctantly  consented,  and 
in  Jan.  1773,  not  yet  fourteen,  the  boy  entered  the  school  as  a 
student  of  Law,  since  Theology  was  not  taught  there.  The  step 
was  soon  bitterly  regretted,  for  the  government  of  the  school,  a 
rigorous  military  discipline,  which  made  machines  of  the  students, 
cut  off  the  outside  world  and  regulated  work  and  play  and  even 
prayers  and  meals  "by  word  of  command,"  was  in  the  highest 
degree  galling  to  Schiller's  impulsive,  sensitive  nature.  The  fault 
was  partly  his  own,  however.     Having  come  against  his  wish,  he 


INTRODUCTION.  Vll 

was  prepared  to  be  displeased.  Expecting,  as  every  boy  does, 
greater  freedom  at  school  than  at  home,  he  was  disappointed  to 
find  even  more  exacting  rules.  He  naturally  resented  such  re- 
straint and  received  only  too  ready  encouragement  from  his  fel- 
lows. He  soon  developed  decided  aversion  to  Law,  and  within 
two  years,  on  the  removal  of  the  school  to  Stuttgart,  changed  to 
Medicine.  This  was  less  irksome,  yet  his  heart  was  not  in  it. 
His  chief  interest  centered  in  literature,  especially  poetry,  and, 
in  spite  of  the  rules.,  the  works  of  Rousseau,  Ossian,  Shakespeare 
(Wieland's  translation),  Klopstock's  9fteffia3,  Goethe's  ®'6%  and 
SBertfjer,  and  other  foreign  and  German  classics,  were  eagerly 
devoured,  like  forbidden  fruit,  in  secret  with  a  few  chosen 
friends.  Such  reading  at  once  awakened  his  own  poetic  impulse. 
He  said  later:  "  I  would  have  gladly  given  my  last  shirt  for  a 
subject  on  which  to  practice  my  youthful  ambitious  spirit."  He 
did  find  themes  for  short  poems,  for  epic  and  dramatic  sketches 
—  all  more  or  less  the  extravagant  expression  of  a  morbidly 
sensitive  imagination,  and  none  of  them  important  as  literature, 
"  but  enough,11  says  Carlyle,  "  to  show  that  his  mind  had  already 
dimly  discovered  its  destination  and  was  striving  with  restless 
vehemence  to  reach  it,  in  spite  of  every  obstacle.11 

These  early  efforts  soon  gave  place  to  his  first  larger  work,  a 
revolutionary  drama,  2>ie  SRciuber,  begun  at  eighteen  and  pub- 
lished, at  his  own  expense,  in  1781,  after  he  had  left  the  Karls- 
schule  to  become  regimental  surgeon,  in  the  service  of  the  Duke, 
at  Stuttgart.  At  the  instance  of  Dalberg,  theater-manager  at 
Mannheim,  it  was  soon  prepared  for  the  stage  and,  in  Jan.  1782, 
was  performed.  Eager  to  see  his  first  drama  played,  but  unable 
to  go  without  special  permission,  which  he  knew  would  be  refused, 
Schiller  went  secretly  to  see  it.  A  second  similar  offence  led  to 
his  arrest  for  a  fortnight  and  to  the  Duke^  positive  command 
that  in  future  he  cease  "  all  literary  work  and  all  communication 
with  other  countries.11  He  pleaded  in  vain,  endured  for  a  while 
and  then,  irritated  beyond  control  by  such  senseless  restraint, 


Vlll  INTRODUCTION. 

determined  on  flight  as  a  last  resort.  In  the  night  of  Sept.  22, 
1782,  in  company  with  his  musician  friend,  Andreas  Streicher, 
he  left  position,  home  and  country,  and  fled,  under  the  assumed 
name  of  Dr.  Ritter,  to  Mannheim.  By  repeated  promises  Dalberg 
had  led  him  to  hope  for  help  towards  pacifying  the  Duke  and  se- 
curing the  post  of  theatre-poet  and  critic.  Dalberg  had  promised 
much,  but,  fearing  the  Duke's  displeasure,  did  little,  even  re- 
fusing to  accept  gte£co,  a  second  drama  Schiller  had  just  finished 
and  hoped  soon  to  see  performed.  Disheartened,  almost  penni- 
less and  fearing  that  even  in  Mannheim  he  was  not  safe  from  the 
Duke's  anger,  he  pawned  his  watch,  changed  his  name  again 
and  wandered  about,  undecided  what  to  do,  seeking  relief  from 
his  trouble  in  revising  gie3co  and  sketching  another  play,  Soutje 
9D?uflerin,  later  called  ®abci(e  unb  SMebe  {Plot  and  Passion) . 

Finally  in  his  distress  he  turned  to  his  friend,  Frau  von  Wolzo- 
gen,  the  widowed  mother  of  two  of  his  Stuttgart  fellow-students, 
who  had  offered  him  a  home  at  her  house  in  Bauerbach,  near 
Meiningen.  Kindly  received  there,  he  forgot  his  griefs,  found 
leisure  for  work  on  $abale  unb  Siebe,  and  even  planned  another 
drama,  2)on  (£arto§.  Too  proud  to  accept  longer  the  support  of 
his  hostess  and  unhappy  in  a  love-affair  with  her  daughter,  he 
returned  the  next  summer  to  Mannheim,  where  Dalberg,  seeing 
that  the  Duke  intended  no  persecution  of  Schiller  or  his  family, 
felt  free  to  help  by  giving  him  the  wished-for  position  of  theater- 
poet,  with  small,  but  assured  salary.  Schiller  contracted  to 
furnish  gte§co,  ®abafe  unb  SMebe,  and  one  other  play  during  the 
year.  This  agreement  soon  proved  a  burden ;  petty  jealousies 
among  the  actors  worked  against  him  and  rendered  his  position 
unpleasant.     After  one  year  he  gave  it  up. 

Again  adrift,  in  great  pecuniary  distress,  broken  in  health  and 
out  of  heart,  he  turned  next  to  journalism  and  founded  a  period- 
ical—  3)te  9?lj)emijdje  (later  2)te  sD?eue)  Zfyalia,  devoted  to  literature 
in  general  and  drama  in  particular.  The  venture  increased  his 
literary  influence,  but  was  not  a  success  financially.     The  future 


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INTRODUCTION.  IX 


seemed  darker  than  ever.  Karl  August  of  Weimar  had  heard 
him  read  parts  of  2) on  (5arfo3  and  had  made  him  £>ofrat  (Court 
Councillor) ;  but  such  empty  honor,  however  appreciated  for  the 
social  prestige  it  gave,  could  not  relieve  his  need  or  make  Mann- 
heim a  congenial  home.  He  keenly  felt  the  narrowness  of  his 
sphere  and  yearned  for  better  opportunities  and  conditions  for 
work.  With  unalloyed  pleasure,  therefore,  did  he  receive  "  the 
most  glorious  surprise  in  the  world  "  —  an  invitation  to  make  his 
home  in  Leipzig  with  one  of  several  ardent  admirers,  Christian 
Gottfried  Korner,  later  a  high  government  official  in  Dresden 
and  father  of  the  poet,  Theodor  Korner. 

In  April  1785  he  went  to  Leipzig  and,  generously  helped  by 
Korner,  began  the  second  "period  "  of  his  life.  For  two  years, 
spent  in  Leipzig,  Gohlis,  Dresden,  he  was  busy  with  many  plans. 
He  wrote  for  the  Xfyatta,  finished  $)on  (Xarlo3,  and  composed  a 
number  of  fine  lyrics,  of  which  his  Ode  to  Joy  is  especially 
popular.  He  became  interested  also  in  history,  and  began  his 
®e[d)td)te  be3  9(6fafl3  ber  9?ieberlanbe  {Revolt  of  the  Netherlands). 
In  July  1787,  hoping  to  make  influential  connections,  which 
might  help  to  permanent  position,  he  visited  Weimar,  the  univer- 
sity town  of  Jena,  and  other  places.  He  met  prominent  scholars 
and  court  officials,  the  dowager  Duchess  Amalia,  and,  in  Rudolf 
Stadt,  became  acquainted  in  the  family  of  Frau  von  Lengefeld, 
whose  youngest  daughter  Charlotte  (Schiller's  'Lotte')  after- 
wards became  his  wife.  Here,  too,  about  a  year  later,  he  met 
Goethe,  who,  though  not  at  once  an  intimate  friend,  felt  interest 
in  him  and  helped  him  to  the  chair  of  History,  nominally  Philo- 
sophy, in  the  University  of  Jena  in  May  1789.  The  position 
paid  little  at  first,  but  soon,  with  a  salary  of  two  hundred  thalers 
and  a  pension  yielding  the  same  amount  from  the  ever  generous 
Karl  August,  he  felt  able  to  marry  and  have  a  home  of  his  own. 
Feb.  22,  1790  is  the  date  of  the  wedding.  He  owed  much  to 
Lotte.  A  noble  heart,  a  sunny  nature,  a  most  lovable  woman 
in  heartiest  sympathy  with  him  and  his  plans,  she  was  just  the 


X  INTRODUCTION. 

wife  for  him.  With  her  help  he  soon  found  what  he  needed  most 
—  the  quiet,  contented  happiness  that  only  a  happy  home  and 
settled  work  can  bring.  He  devoted  himself  with  enthusiasm  to 
his  history  lectures,  began  his  ©ejdjtdjte  be3  bretJ3tgjaf)rigen  trtege3, 
and  for  once  the  future  was  all  bright.  His  prospects  were  soon 
blighted,  however.  Within  a  year  his  health  failed,  and  long 
and  serious  illness  brought  direst  need.  Fortunately  help  came 
from  the  Prince  of  Holstein-Augustenburg  and  the  Danish 
Minister,  Count  Schimmelmann,  who  generously  and  delicately 
offered  him  a  thousand  thalers  a  year  for  three  years.  A  trip 
to  Karlsbad  had  benefited  his  health,  and  now  a  visit  of  nearly  a 
year  to  his  old  Swabian  home  gave  him  rest  and  made  glad  his 
heart,  but  his  enfeebled  body  was  not  yet  restored  to  normal 
strength.  Still  he  continued  to  study  and  to  write,  finished  his 
Thirty  Years'  War,  read  Kant  and  occupied  himself  much  with 
philosophy  and  aesthetics. 

May  1794  he  returned  to  Jena,  where  he  soon  received  a  visit 
from  Goethe,  whom  he  invited  to  become  co-editor  of  a  new 
periodical,  2)te  £)oren,  for  which  arrangements  had  already  been 
made  with  Cotta,  the  great  South-German  publisher.  Goethe 
readily  accepted,  and  from  this  time  dates  their  intimate  friend- 
ship, which  became  the  pride  of  the  nation  and  was  so  fruitful 
of  good  to  its  literature.  Schiller's  enthusiasm  inspired  Goethe 
to  effort,  while  Goethe's  calmer  judgment  had  most  wholesome 
influence  on  Schiller's  impulsive  nature.  In  spite  of  excellent 
prospects  the  §oren  met  a  cold  reception ;  many  contributors 
lacked  interest,  and  the  public  failed  to  appreciate  its  high  stand- 
ards of  taste.  Literary  jealousy  inspired  attacks  by  mediocre 
writers,  which  injured  the  paper,  and  its  issue  was  stopped.  Re- 
tribution soon  came  in  the  Lenten,  a  collection  of  cutting  epi- 
grams, in  which  both  poets  took  revenge  upon  the  writers  and 
critics  of  the  day.  In  the  §orenf  and  more  especially  in  the 
9ttufenalmcmarf),  his  new  annual,  founded  1795,  Schiller  published 
many  of  his  finest  lyrics  and  ballads,  written  in  friendly  rivalry 


INTRODUCTION.  XI 

with  Goethe,  $er  ©anbfdjul),  3)er  (Spajtergang,  3)er  3*ing  be§  $ou)= 
frateS,  $er  Xaudjer,  2)te  93urgfcf>aftf  2>te  ftranidje  bed  36gfu3,  and 
many  others,  of  which  2)a3  £ieb  toon  ber  ©lode,  published  in  1800, 
is  the  longest  and  best. 

Meanwhile  Schiller  had  "shut  up  the  philosophy  shop"  and 
returned  to  the  drama.  He  was  busy  with  SSattenftem,  the  idea  of 
which  he  had  found  in  his  studies  for  the  Thirty  Years'  War, 
and  which  had  developed  during  his  visit  to  Karlsbad  in  1791. 
He  saw  it  performed  in  Weimar,  and  in  Dec.  1799,  wishing  to 
be  nearer  Goethe  and  the  theater,  he  moved  permanently  to 
Weimar,  and  spent  there  the  last  five  years  of  his  life.  These 
last  years  were  the  happiest,  busiest  and  most  successful  of  all. 
Material  affairs  took  a  turn  for  the  better ;  his  salary  was  doubled  ; 
his  income  from  his  publishers  was  considerable ;  he  bought  a 
house;  he  became  co-director  of  the  theater  with  Goethe  and 
was  happy  in  his  home  and  in  the  brother  poet,  who  had  grown 
mentally,  socially  and  professionally  so  necessary  to  him.  He 
was  influential  at  court  and  among  "such  friends,"  says  Bulwer, 
"as  genius  rarely  finds  —  men  alike  dear  to  his  heart  and  worthy 
of  his  intellect."  After  years  of  trial,  he  was  at  last  honored  as 
he  deserved.  Queen  Luise  of  Prussia  tried  in  vain  to  draw  him  to 
Berlin  as  director  of  a  magnificent  theater.  In  1802  Franz  II. 
gave  him  a  patent  of  nobility,  a  distinction  he  neither  sought 
nor  desired,  but  which  he  accepted  "to  please  Lotte  and  the 
children."  At  the  height  of  his  literary  fame,  just  as  he  was 
ready  to  live,  he  had  to  prepare  to  die.  His  feeble  body  grew 
rapidly  weaker,  yet  with  a  mighty  energy  which  no  infirmity 
checked  and  no  glory  could  satisfy,  he  worked  on  as  if  he  knew 
his  days  were  numbered.  His  persevering  courage,  his  lofty 
poetic  inspiration  rose  superior  to  every  obstacle.  Though  his 
health  was  gone,  he  wrote  in  quick  succession  and,  as  it  were, 
with  his  heart's  blood,  that  splendid  array  of  dramas,  SBattenftein, 
9Karta  Stuart,  $ie  Qungfrau  toon  Orleans,  $ie  33raut  toon  SSftefftna, 
28tlf)eun  Sell,  which  made  him  Germany's  greatest  dramatist  and 


Xll  INTRODUCTION. 

made  his  name  a  household  word  in  every  German  home.  Im- 
portant translations  from  French  and  classic  authors  engaged 
him,  ambitious  literary  plans  were  going  through  his  mind,  when 
on  May  9,  1805,  death  overtook  him  in  the  midst  of  what 
promised  to  be  his  greatest  work  thus  far,  a  drama  from  Russian 
history,  called  2)emetrtu§.  He  was  cut  off  by  consumption  in  the 
prime  of  his  noble  manhood,  when  not  yet  forty-six  years  old. 

In  personal  appearance,  to  quote  Carlyle  in  substance,  «  Schiller 
was  tall,  bony,  very  thin,  with  pale  face,  hollow  cheeks,  aquiline 
nose  and  reddish  hair.  At  no  time  handsome,  his  form  and 
features  were  much  wasted  by  disease  and  overwork,  but  his  high, 
thoughtful  brow,  his  finely  shaped  mouth,  soft  kindling  eyes  and 
pale  cheeks  gave  him  withal  an  attractive  appearance  and  a  certain 
manly  beauty.  In  manner  he  was  plain  and  unassuming,  modesty 
and  childlike  simplicity  itself.  Somewhat  shy  with  strangers, 
he  was,  at  home  and  among  his  friends,  light-hearted  and  gay, 
everywhere  patient,  buoyant,  calm,  cheerful,  never  morose,  never 
complaining.  With  no  parade  or  display,  he  simply  rated  him- 
self an  honest  man  and  a  good  citizen.  He  was  the  greater  for 
having  forgotten  that  he  was  great.' 

Schiller's  literary  career  may  be  conveniently  divided  into 
three  periods,  determined  largely  by  the  external  circumstances 
of  his  life:  (1)  the  formative  stage,  from  his  first  work  to  his 
removal  to  Leipzig-Dresden,  1 777-1 785,  is  devoted  to  drama 
and  lyrics;  (2)  with  greater  maturity  the  author  and  professor 
writes  history  and  is  busy  with  aesthetic  and  philosophical  studies, 
1785-1794;  (3)  his  ripest  years,  spent  in  close  friendship  with 
Goethe ;  he  returns  to  poetry  and  writes  his  greatest  lyrics  and 
dramas,  1 794-1 805. 

His  earliest  important  works  were  three  plays,  3)ie  dauber 
(1781),  gte§co  (1783),  andfabafe  unb  Siebe  (1784)*  all  three 
written  in  prose  and  of  decided  revolutionary  tendency.  2)ie 
Member,  he  confesses,  was  the  'product  of  his  liberty-loving 
genius  in  union  with  the  thralldom '  of  the  Karlsschule,  a  true 


%^NTRODUCTION.  XU1 

type  of  the  « Storm  and  Stress1  play,  crude  in  plan,  extravagant 
in  expression,  but  intensely  tragic,  in  spite  of  many  unnatural 
scenes  and  distorted  characters.  In  substance  it  is  a  violent, 
unreasoning  attack  upon  existing  social  evils.  Older  people  were 
scandalized,  but  the  young  were  inspired  to  wildest  enthusiasm 
by  its  stirring  scenes.  It  was  and  has  remained  very  popular  and 
marks  a  distinct  epoch  in  the  poet's  development  as  well  as  in  the 
literature  of  his  time.  gte3co  embodies  a  political  revolution  in 
Genoa,  and  though  much  less  violent,  it  attempts  by  shrewdness 
and  stratagem  the  same  end,  freedom,  attained  by  brute  force 
in  the  SRciuber.  It  is  inferior  in  animation,  yet  is  notable  as 
Schiller's  first  historical  drama.  $a6afe  unb  SMefre  protests  against 
abuses  in  society,  especially  against  the  privileged  position  of  the 
upper  classes.  Its  greater  simplicity  and  more  natural  tone  make 
it  dramatically  and  artistically  far  the  best  of  the  three.  All  show 
poetic  fire  and  dramatic  talent,  but  a  talent  that  has  not  yet 
found  its  true  path.  The  lyrics  of  this  period  are  much  like  the 
dramas  —  boldly,  vividly  conceived  and  full  of  "deep,  though 
overdrawn,  poetic  feeling  and  impatient  impulse." 

The  transition  to  the  second  period  is  3)on  (Xarlo3,  in  which  the 
extravagant,  unreasoning  passion  of  earlier  plays  becomes  the 
calmer  expression  of  riper  thought.  Though,  as  a  result  of  long 
delay  in  its  composition,  1 784-1 787,  it  lacks  dramatic  unity,  it 
is  notable  as  Schiller's  first  drama  in  verse,  as  the  poet's  own 
political  confession  of  faith,  and  as  marking  a  turning-point  in 
his  literary  career.  He  is  now  a  mature  man,  no  longer  a 
gifted  youth.  Based  on  important  events  in  Spanish  history,  it 
involved  careful  study  of  the  political  movements  of  those  times. 
Such  study  soon  led  Schiller  away  from  poetry,  and  for  years  he 
devoted  himself  almost  entirely  to  prose  and  especially  to  history. 
Besides  a  number  of  shorter  essays  and  sketches,  he  produced 
two  larger  works,  the  above-mentioned  2t6fall  ber  Sftteberfartbe 
(1788)  and  2)te  ®efd)td)te  be§  bretfetgjdljrigen  ®ttege3  (1792),  both 
faithful,  often  vivid  pictures  of  the  times  they  describe,   most 


XIV  INTRODUCTION. 

remarkable,  perhaps,  for  the  characteristic  epic  method,  by 
which  details  are  conveniently  grouped  around  well-drawn  central 
characters,  like  Orange,  Egmont  and  Wallenstein.  The  philo- 
sophical and  aesthetic  studies  of  this  period  resulted  in  a  number  of 
shorter  essays,  such  as  his  $ftf)etifd)e  Sr^te^ung  be3  Stfenfdjen,  Uber 
5Jnmut  unb  SBiirbe,  and  his  later  9?att>e  unb  fenttmentalijd)e  SMdjlung. 
His  last  ten  years  form  a  third  period,  filled  and  inspired  by 
his  friendship  for  Goethe,  and  one  of  great  lyric  and  dramatic 
activity.  His  growing  epic  interest  in  Wallenstein,  developed 
by  his  studies  for  the  Thirty  Year's  War,  brought  him  back 
to  poetry.  The  Wallenstein  trilogy  (1798-99) — 3$a(lenftem3 
Sager,  %\t  ^iccolomint,  SBaKenfterw?  £ob  —  is  an  historical  drama 
in  the  best  sense,  based  upon  those  great  movements  of  the 
Thirty  Years1  War  in  which  Wallenstein  took  part.  Free  from 
the  faults  of  earlier  plays,  it  is  considered  by  some  his  best 
work.  Its  images  are  no  longer  distorted ;  they  are  faithful, 
vivid  pictures  from  a  master  hand.  After  Schiller^  removal  to 
Weimar  almost  every  year  brought  a  new  drama.  SBaHeuftein 
was  followed  by  9ttarta  <3tuart  (1800),  which  deals  with  the 
imprisonment  and  death  of  Mary  Queen  of  Scots,  at  the  hands  of 
Elizabeth.  Turning  then  to  France  for  a  theme,  he  wrote  %'vt 
JJuttgfrcm  uon  Orleans  (1801),  a  classic  account  of  the  career  of 
the  beautiful  and  terrible  Joan  of  Arc,  in  her  struggle  against  the 
English  invaders  of  her  country,  in  her  tragic  struggle  with  her- 
self, when  love  for  her  enemy  enters  her  heart.  %'\t  SBrctut  bon 
SD^efftna  (1803),  a  •«  drama  of  fate,"  is  an  unsuccessful  attempt  to 
combine  the  Classic  and  the  Romantic,  by  bringing  the  Greek 
chorus  into  a  modern  play,  thus  giving  it  an  antique  dress ; 
an  awful  destiny  keeps  two  brothers  at  war  with  each  other, 
which  results  in  ruin  and  death.  There  is  but  little  action  in 
the  play,  and  the  chorus  is  a  disturbing  element,  so  that  it  has 
never  been  popular  on  the  stage,  yet  many  of  the  lyric  passages 
are  of  unrivaled  beauty  and  tenderness.  In  his  last  drama, 
3$ilf)elm  %<&  (1804),   Schiller    ««  completes  the  circle,"  says 


INTRODUCTION.  XV 

Bulwer,  "in  which  genius  often  seems  to  move  and  returns  to 
those  longings  for  liberty,  now  idealized  and  tempered  by  riper 
years,  which  once  prompted  the  Robbers."  It  is  the  story  of  the 
Swiss  struggle  for  liberty,  and  is  in  many  respects  the  finest  work 
of  his  life.  The  lyrics  and  ballads  of  this  last  period  are  among 
the  best  in  German  literature.  For  bold  conception,  graphic  de- 
scription, deep  poetic  feeling  and  rich  fancy,  Schiller  is  unsur- 
passed as  a  ballad-writer.  Even  Goethe  acknowledged  his  own 
inferiority  to  him.  In  order  to  help  supply  the  Weimar  stage, 
Schiller  was  also  busy  during  these  last  years  with  translations 
and  adaptations,  notably  from  Euripides,  SWflcnie  hi  8fall$, 
Shakespeare,  SRac&etl),  Picard,  $er  ^araftt  and  Set  Weffe  ctlS 
Dnfel,  Gozzi,  £uranbot,and  Racine,  ^fycibra.  His  last  complete 
work  was  a  lyric  festival  play,  $te  £>ulbicmng  ber  OTnfte  {Homage 
to  the  Arts),  containing  "his  poetic  confession  of  faith,"  and 
written  in  honor  of  the  marriage  of  the  hereditary  Grand  Duke 
of  Weimar  to  a  Russian  princess,  Nov.  1804.  In  a  review  of 
Schiller's  literary  life  we  are  surprised  at  the  great  amount  of  his 
work.  He  was  allowed  about  25  years,  and  into  this  time,  by 
untiring  industry,  he  crowded  the  work  of  a  long  life.  Again 
there  is  the  greatest  variety  in  his  productions.  As  student, 
surgeon,  theater  director  and  critic,  editor,  professor,  historian, 
philosopher,  essayist,  dramatic  and  lyric  poet,  he  was  always 
busy,  and  despite  the  great  amount  and  the  great  variety  of  his 
literary  work,  he  attained  a  degree  of  excellence  truly  remarkable 
—  and  that  in  the  face  of  poverty  and  life-long  ill  health. 
What  might  he  not  have  been  and  become,  if  he  could  have 
lived  out  a  happy,  green  old  age ! 

II.     FACT  AND  FABLE. 

The  real  difficulties  in  Schiller's  £elt  are  rarely  points  of 
grammar  or  style.  They  lie  rather  in  the  many  historical,  legend- 
ary and  local  allusions,  which  occur  on  every  page.     The  play 


XVI  INTRODUCTION. 

I  has  to  do  not  only  with  the  famous  archer,  but  also, 
especially,  with  the  Swiss  struggle  for  libertj)  and  the  p 
closely  following  native  chroniclers,  presents  genuine  histor 
blended  with  local  tradition  that  the  necessary  separation  oi 
two  is  very  difficult.  Moreover,  the  early  history  of  the  Fc 
Cantons,  especially  in  their  political  relation  to  Austria  and 
German  Empire,  is,  in  itself  and  without  the  admixture  of  ti 
tion,  often  very  incomplete  and  indefinite.  After  bitter  part 
disputes,  for  more  than  two  centuries,  over  the  story  of  Tell 
the  beginnings  of  the  Swiss  Republic,  impartial  historians,  1 
Swiss  and  German,  have  established  what  is  now  generally  < 
ceded  to  be  the  truth.  Knowledge  of  the  facts  they  ] 
gathered,  by  most  searching  examination  and  careful  deduct 
from  the  authentic  documents  preserved,  is  absolutely  necess 
if  one  would  understand  and  appreciate  Schiller's  play, 
following  sketch  attempts  to  embody,  clearly  though  briefly, 
results  of  the  most  recent  and  reliable  investigation  on  the  ( 
points  involved,  viz.,  the  settlement  and  early  history  of 
Forest  Cantons,  their  relation  to  the  German  Empire  and  to 
House  of  Habsburg- Austria,  their  finally  successful  struggh 
liberty  and  the  establishment  of  their  independent  governm 
Though  the  play  has  a  certain  historical  background,  it  i 
no  means  history.  The  poet-artist  was  concerned  that 
picture  be  true  to  Swiss  life  and  character ;  he  did  not  can 
historical  accuracy  of  time,  or  place,  or  fact.  He  took,  therei 
from  local  tradition,  as  he  found  it  in  old  chronicles,  what 
material  suited  his  purpose  best  —  in  substance  as  follows : 

The  people  of  the  SBctlbft&tte  were  descendants,  tradi 
says,  of  Scandinavian  ancestors,  who,  driven  by  famine  i 
their  northern  home,  Sweden,  had  forced  their  way  south 
settled  the  uninhabited  shores  of  Lake  Lucerne  (Xefl,  11.  1 1 
1203).  From  the  first  they  had  been  free  men,  acknowledi 
only  the  authority  of  the  German  Emperor,  giving  their  vo 
tary  allegiance  in  return  for  his  royal  protection  (SfceH,  12 


INTRODUCTION.  XV11 

1227).  They  managed  their  own  affairs,  save  in  extraordinary 
cases  of  penal  jurisdiction,  when  an  imperial  delegate  was  called 
in  (£etf,  1 233-1 242).  All  went  well  until  a  grasping  Habs- 
burg-Austrian  emperor,  Albrecht,  ignoring  their  true  relation  to 
the  Empire,  endeavored,  with  the  help  of  tyrannical  bailiffs, 
Gessler  and  others,  whose  cruelty  is  described  in  detail,  to  sub- 
jugate them  and  add  the  Forest  Cantons  to  his  own,  Austrian, 
private  possessions  (Xett,  1257  ff.).  After  patient  endurance 
and  vain  entreaty  (Xett,  1325-1349),  the  people  in  Uri,  Schwyz 
and  Unterwalden  conspired  against  their  governors  (Act  II.,  Sc. 
2),  and,  in  open  revolt  on  New  Year's  Day  1308,  destroyed  their 
castles  (Xell,  2873  ff-)»  killed  some  and  drove  out  others  (Xelf, 
2903  ff.).  The  worst  of  the  tyrants,  Gessler  von  Bruneck,  fell 
by  the  hand  of  Wilhelm  Tell,  a  worthy  man  of  Uri  (Act  IV.  3). 
This  union  of  the  three  cantons  was  the  origin  of  the  independ- 
ent Swiss  Confederation. 

Thus  in  brief  the  legend.  For  the  most  part,  however,  these 
events  are  not  founded  on  fact.  The  Swiss  did  not  descend 
from  famine-stricken  Swedes,  nor  were  they  free  from  obligation 
to  Habsburg.  Albrecht  did  not  send  tyrants  to  grind  the  people, 
nor  was  any  bailiff,  Gessler,  ever  shot  by  a  Tell.  Authentic 
history  knows  no  Wilhelm  Tell.  The  Swiss  Confederacy  was 
not  established  by  any  sudden  uprising,  but  by  a  long,  stubborn 
struggle  with  Austria. 

On  each  point,  therefore,  it  is  necessary  first  to  find  out  actual 
fact  and  then  to  note  how,  in  the  hands  of  the  chroniclers,  this 
fact  has  been  gradually  mingled  with  fable,  by  the  addition 
of  whatever  new  feature  seemed  good  to  each  successive  writer. 

Though  the  presence  of  prehistoric  races,  lake-dwellers  and 
nomad  hunters,  in  the  SSalbficitte  has  been  sufficiently  estab- 
lished by  the  remains  found  there,  the  origin  and  fate  of  these 
ancient  peoples  are  still  in  doubt.  The  earliest  inhabitants  of 
Switzerland,  definitely  known  to  history,  were  several  Keltic 
tribes,  notably  Helvetians  and  Rhaetians,  who  were  conquered 


XV111  INTRODUCTION. 

and  half  civilized  by  the  Romans  early  in  the  Christian  era. 
Remains  of  this  rude  Roman-Keltic  culture  have  been  found  in 
abundance.  From  the  third  to  the  fifth  century  Helvetia  was 
gradually  overrun  by  Germanic  tribes  from  the  north.  Forced 
south  by  the  migration  of  races,  some  penetrated  even  to  the 
shores  of  Lake  Lucerne.  About  406  the  Alamanni  spread  over 
north-east  Switzerland,  destroying  all  civilization,  enslaving  the 
Kelts  and  forcing  upon  them  their  own  Teutonic  speech  and 
pagan  religion.  A  generation  later,  about  443-450,  the  less 
numerous  Burgundians  occupied  the  south-west,  where,  though 
victors,  they  gradually  adopted  the  language,  religion  and  culture 
of  the  conquered  race.  To  this  day  French  predominates  there, 
while  German  is  spoken  in  the  north-east.  The  Forest  Cantons 
were  settled  very  slowly ;  latest  investigation  seems  to  indicate 
that  the  colonization,  by  straggling  Alamanni  gradually  forced 
out  of  more  fertile  lowland  districts,  was  not  complete  until  the 
ninth  century,  though  begun  in  the  fifth. 

By  the  treaty  of  Verdun,  in  843,  after  three  centuries  of 
Frankish  overlordship,  Alamannic  (Eastern)  Helvetia  became 
part  of  the  empire  of  Ludwig  the  German,  and  from  1032,  when 
Burgundian  (Western)  Helvetia  was  added,  all  Switzerland 
belonged  directly  to  the  German  Empire.  The  population 
included  various  elements;  some  were  free  men  (XeU,  1366), 
others  were  serfs  (eigne  Seute,  1081)  attached  to  the  soil,  while 
others  owed  more  or  less  allegiance  to  individual  lords,  lay  and 
clerical  (Sell,  1360  ff.).  Rich  monasteries,  especially,  early 
acquired  great  power  and  important  privileges.  Thus  the  Abbey 
of  Our  Lady  in  Zurich  (bie  ®rof$e  grcm  $11  giird),  £efl,  1364)  was 
endowed  by  Ludwig  the  German  with  large  estates  in  Uri, 
together  with  his  rents,  his  serfs  and  privileges  of  exemption  from 
all  authority  save  that  of  the  Emperor.  The  monasteries  of 
Murbach,  Einsiedeln  (Xell,  1248)  and  Engelberg  (£ell,  1080) 
are  other  important  instances.  Many  free  towns  and  communi- 
ties, as  well  as  petty  nobles,  enjoyed  special  privileges,  holding 


INTRODUCTION.  XIX 

lands  in  fief  directly  from  the  Empire.  In  the  eleventh  and 
twelfth  centuries  the  imperial  power  was  represented  in  these  re- 
mote districts  by  the  Dukes  of  Zaringen,  but  on  the  extinction  of 
this  family,  in  121 8,  the  greatest  confusion  prevailed.  Naturally 
a  few  rich  and  prominent  nobles  increased  their  power  at  the 
expense  of  the  others,  and  gradually  gained  control.  This  is  true 
especially  of  the  Counts  of  Savoy  in  the  south-east  and  of  those 
of  Kiburg  and  Habsburg  in  the  north  and  east.  Above  all  the 
Habsburgs,  insatiably  land-hungry,  forced  their  way  up  with 
restless  energy.  By  inheritance,  by  purchase,  by  force,  by  well- 
planned  marriages  and  political  cunning,  they  rapidly  absorbed 
the  power  of  the  Kiburgs,  Lenzburgs,  Laufenburgs  and  others, 
and  gained  virtual  control,  either  as  private  landowners  or  as 
9leidj&)ogte  (or  (2d)tn:tt>ogte,  i.  e.  rulers  in  the  Emperor's  name  and 
stead),  in  the  Forest  Cantons.  The  latter,  fearing  lest  this 
Habsburg  'protectorate'  (SSogtet)  be  forcibly  changed  into  ab- 
solute ownership,  sought  refuge  in  charters  (5reilj)ett3briefe,  £ell, 
311)  promising  the  protection  of  the  Emperor.  In  Uri  Habs- 
burg possessions  were  small,  the  canton  having  been  settled 
largely  by  dependents  of  the  abbey  of  Zurich  and  by  free  nobles 
and  peasants.  Moreover,  Ludwig  the  German  had  already 
granted,  in  843,  special  privileges.  In  1231,  therefore,  the 
canton  readily  obtained  from  Heinrich,  the  rebellious  son  of 
Friedrich  II.,  an  imperial  charter  attesting  its  9teid)3unmittel6ar= 
leit.1 

In  Schwyz  the  case  was  different.  Though  most  of  the  people 
were  free,  large  estates  and  many  serfs  were  owned  by  monaster- 
ies and  by  the  Habsburgs,  who  claimed,  moreover,  to  be  "by 
lawful  inheritance  the  rulers  and  'protectors'  of  the  canton." 


1  That  is  —  its  dependence  directly  on  the  Empire  and  not  on  a  feudal  lord.  The 
protectorship  (governorship),  thus  in  the  Emperor's  hands,  could  not  become  hered- 
itary in  any  family.  Often  no  governor  was  appointed,  affairs  being  administered 
by  a  local  magistrate  (Wmmann)  or,  in  special  cases,  by  an  imperial  delegate  (©rctf). 
Rudolf  of  Habsburg  served  as  such  in  Altorf  in  1256-7. 


XX  INTRODUCTION. 

Though  without  prior  claim,  such  as  Uri\s  just  mentioned, 
Schwyz  sought  a  similar  charter.  Shrewdly  seizing  their  oppor- 
tunity they  sent  messengers  and  troops  to  Emperor  Friedrich  II., 
then  besieging  Faenza  in  North  Italy,  offering  their  services  in 
return  for  the  desired  charter.  Though  conflicting  with  cer- 
tain Habsburg  rights,  it  was  granted,  in  doubtful  terms  at  least, 
in  Dec.  1240,  and  the  Schwyzer  were  taken  under  the  immediate 
and  especial  protection  of  the  Empire. 

Unterwalden  was  not  so  fortunate.  Without  organic  union 
between  Ob-  and  Nidwalden,  with  fewer  free  men  and  owned  so 
largely  by  ecclesiastical  and  secular  lords,  chief  among  which 
were  the  Habsburgs,  it  had  no  charter.  Watching  their  op- 
portunity during  the  Guelph-Ghibelline  conflicts  between  Em- 
peror and  Pope,  Schwyz,  Luzern  and  Unterwalden,  i.  e.  Stanz 
and  Sarnen,  met  in  1246-7  and  formed  the  first  Swiss  league  for 
mutual  defence  (cf.  the  uralt  93imbtii3,  Jell,  1157)-  For  so  do- 
ing they  were  promptly  put  under  the  ban  by  Pope  Innocent  IV. 
on  Aug.  28,  1247.  Soon  after  Uri  joined  them  and  for  years  a 
stubborn  fight  was  kept  up.  This  struggle  furnished,  perhaps, 
the  historical  basis  upon  which  tradition  built  up  all  the  later 
stories  of  Habsburg  cruelty  told  in  £ett.  After  the  extinction  of 
the  Hohenstaufens  and  during  the  long  interregnum  (1254- 
1273),  the  Habsburgs  regained  and  even  increased  their  old 
authority,  especially  in  Schwyz  and  Unterwalden. 

When  Rudolf  of  Habsburg  was  elected  Emperor  in  1273,  the 
situation  changed.  Their  Vogt  and  enemy  became  their  sover- 
eign. As  such  he  confirmed  the  charter  of  Uri  in  1274,  but  re- 
fused to  accept  that  of  Schwyz,  since  it  had  come  (1240)  from 
an  excommunicated  emperor  (Friedrich  II.  was  excommunicated 
1239)  and  violated  Habsburg  private  rights.  Schwyz  felt  the 
danger  and  urged  union  with  Uri  and  Unterwalden.  On  Aug.  1, 
1291,  soon  after  Rudolfs  death,  they  formed  that  memorable 
offensive  and  defensive  alliance  which  is  aptly  called  their 
Magna  Charta,  the  basis  of  their  later  Confederacy.    This  docu- 


INTRODUCTION.  XXI 

ment,  preserved  with  religious  care  in  Schwyz,  though  indepen- 
dent in  tone,  is  very  conservative.  It  pledges  resistance  to 
«* attacks  from  without  and  dissensions  within,"  and  will  tolerate 
no  feudal  lord,  but,  far  from  suggesting  the  establishment  of 
any  independent  federal  state,  urges  continued  adherence  to 
their  lawful  sovereign,  the  Emperor. 

Nov.  30,  1297,  Rudolf's  successor,  Adolf  of  Nassau,  granted 
to  Uri  and  Schwyz  charters  identical  with  that  of  Friedrich  II., 
but  these  availed  little,  since  Adolf  was  soon  afterward  killed  in 
battle.  His  rival  and  successor,  Rudolfs  son  Albrecht  of 
Austria,1  during  whose  reign  the  play  passes,  refused  charters  to 
both  Schwyz  and  Uri.  Though  he  was  a  stern,  grasping  ruler, 
determined  to  maintain  and  increase  his  private  power  (here 
using  his  imperial  veto  as  a  means  to  this  end) ,  tradition  makes  <4l 

him  much  worse  than  he  really  was.  He  refused  the  charters, 
yet  the  cantons  were  practically  reid)3umnittel()ar,  being  governed 
by  native  magistrates.  Wernherr  Attinghauseji^yas^enbcrnnnanir 
in  Uri,  Rudolf  Stauffacher  in  Schwyz,  Rudolf  Odisried  in 
Unterwalden.  Albrecht  was  too  busy  elsewhere  to  send  tyranni- 
cal bailiffs,  nor  was  there  any  uprising  during  his  reign.  Not 
until  250  years  after  was  such  ascribed  to  his  time.  Murdered 
May  1,  1308,  Albrecht  was  succeeded  by  Heinrich  (VII.)  of 
Luxemburg  (1308-13 13),  the  enemy  and  rival  of  the  Habsburg 
Dukes  of  Austria,  Albrechfs  sons.  He  not  only  confirmed, 
in  1309,  the  charters  of  Schwyz  and  Uri,  but  gave  a  similar  one 
to  Unterwalden.  The  next  rivals  for  the  crown  were  Ludwig  of 
Bavaria  and  Friedrich  of  Austria,  son  of  Albrecht  and  grandson 
of  Rudolf  of  Habsburg.  The  Swiss  naturally  declared  for  Lud- 
wig, whereupon  Friedrich's  brother,  Leopold,  equipped  a  splendid 
army  and    set   out  to  subdue  the  cantons  and  enforce  all  old 

1  Emperor  Rudolf  had,  in  1278,  invested  his  sons  with  the  conquered  duchy  of 
Austria,  the  Counts  of  Habsburg  thus  becoming  the  Dukes  of  Austria.  Hence 
allegiance  to  Ostreich  (lell,  184)  meant  submission  to  their  hated  enemies  the 
Habsburgs. 


XX11  INTRODUCTION. 

Habsburg  rights.  He  was  met  on  Nov.  15,  1 3 1 5 ,  in  the  pass  of 
Morgarten  and  signally  defeated  by  the  Swiss.  Ludwig  con- 
firmed their  charters,  and  the  League  of  1291  was  renewed  at 
Brunnen,  Dec.  9,  13 15.  Other  cantons,  Luzern,  Zurich,  Zug, 
etc.,  admitted  later,  and  other  victories  won  from  Austria  (Sem- 
pach,  1386 ;  Nafels,  1388)  only  served  to  extend  and  strengthen 
the  confederation  thus  begun. 

Such  the  genuine  history,  as  drawn  from  the  scanty  records 
preserved.  It  is  now  important  to  trace  the  gradual  intermin- 
gling of  this  history  with  fable,  in  the  direction  (1)  of  the  origin 
of  the  Confederation  and  (2)  of  the  union  of  this  story  with  the 
Tell  legend. 

Strange  to  say,  nearly  a  hundred  years  pass  by  after  Morgarten 
without  even  the  slightest  mention  of  Habsburg  oppression  or 
Swiss  resistance.  Contemporary  record  says  nothing  of  the 
events  described  in  the  later  chronicles.  The  supposed  Scandi- 
navian ancestry  of  the  Swiss  is  first  mentioned  by  Johann  Puntiner, 
in  1 4 14,  who  makes  the  Urner  descendants  of  Alaric's  Goths. 
Other  chroniclers,  impelled  by  local  or  political  prejudice,  change 
the  story  to  suit  themselves  or  their  cantons;  thus  we  find 
Swedes,  Frisians,  Cimbrians,  *  heathen  Saxons'  etc.,  instead  of 
Goths.  The  dates  of  the  supposed  settlement  vary  from  the 
fourth  to  the  ninth  century.  The  name,  too  (Swiss  from 
Schwyz),  is  dragged  through  many  shrewd  and  amusing  etymo- 
logical processes.1  It  is  plain  that  these  stories,  though  stead- 
fastly believed  by  the  common  folk,  are  pure  fable.  Such  a 
Norse  people  in  the  SBalbftcitte  would  have  been  mentioned  in 
the  earliest  records,  would  at  least  have  left  its  impress  on  the 
language  ot  the  country.  This  is  not  to  any  degree  the  case. 
The  fact  is,  no  doubt,  that  the  Alamanni,  coming  south  from 
the  Elbe  and  the  Oder,  kept  alive  the  memory  of  their  "  northern 

1  Rochholz  gives  detailed  accounts  of  these  versions  in  his  Tell  und  Gessler,  pp. 
64  ff.,  148.  Oechsli  derives  the  name  from  Suites  (gen.  of  Suito),  i.  e.  the  men  (de« 
scendants)  of  Suito. 


INTRODUCTION.  XXlll 

home,"  which  the  later  legend  purposely  construed  to  mean 
Sweden  or  Frisia,  lest  the  admission  of  their  German  descent 
should  weaken  their  case  in  their  quarrel  with  Habsburg. 

Of  bailiff  tyranny  and  Swiss  resistance  the  earliest  records  say 
nothing.  They  merely  mention  Morgarten  as  the  result  of  Habs- 
burg-Austrian  effort  to  assert  authority  which  the  Swiss  resented. 
Conrad  Justinger,  official  chronicler  of  Bern,  gives  the  first  account 
of  the  cruel  'governors'  (about  1420).  With  verbal  tradition  as 
authority,  he  writes  of  old  struggles  with  Habsburg  leading  up  to 
Morgarten,  and  gives  two  reasons  for  them :  (1)  Habsburg  at- 
tempts to  assert  and  increase  authority  ('mortgaged  to  them  by 
the  Empire1)  never  wholly  denied,  but  always  stubbornly  resisted 
by  the  Swiss;  (2)  insolent  conduct  of  Habsburg  bailiffs  towards 
worthy  men  and  women.  The  statement  is  perfectly  general ; 
all  particulars ',  names  and  dates  are,  as  yet,  wanting. 

The  real  ground  for  these  conflicts  —  a  political  one,  the 
extent  of  Habsburg  rights — was  soon  forgotten,  and  only  the 
tyranny  of  the  bailiffs  was  remembered  as  the  cause  of  the 
struggle.  Meanwhile  legend,  ever  ready  to  develop  general 
statement  into  definite  details,  was  not  slow  to  invent  in  each 
canton  special  stories  of  individtial  acts  of  cruelty,  not  failing 
gradually  to  assign  name  and  place  and  time.  These  were 
believed  by  the  common  people  and  then  further  embellished  by 
whatever  additions  best  accorded  with  the  personal  taste  or  local 
prejudice  of  each  chronicler.  Hemmerlin  of  Zurich  records, 
in  1450,  one  of  the  oldest  of  these  special  stories  :  two  brothers  kill 
a  Habsburg  bailiff  (no  names  given),  living  on  Lake  Lowerz  in 
Schwyz,  for  having  insulted  their  sister ;  punishment  is  threatened, 
friends  come  to  their  help,  the  bailhTs  castle  is  destroyed ; 
thereupon  the  Unterwaldner  revolt,  destroy  Burg  Sarnen,  expel 
Landenberg  and  league  with  the  Schwyzer.  The  '  White  Book  ' 
of  Sarnen,  an  anonymous  chronicle  of  about  1470,  has  several  of 
these  stories,  and  contains,  in  fact,  all  the  main  features  of  the 
later  legend.     Each  canton  is  represented.     Thus  in  Obwalden 


XXIV  INTRODUCTION. 

a  Vogt,  Landenberg  (the  original  hill,  ber  £anben6erg,  near 
Sarnen,  has  thus  already  become  a  grim  tyrant) ,  sends  a  servant 
to  take  a  pair  of  fine  oxen  from  a  "  man  in  the  Melchi "  (not 
named  as  yet)  ;  the  man's  son  breaks  the  servant's  finger  and 
flees,  whereupon  Landenberg  puts  out  the  father's  eyes  and  takes 
all  his  property  (XeK,  561  ff.).  For  Nidwalden  Hemmerlin's 
Lowerz  incident  is  transferred  to  '  Altsellen'  (for  Alzellen)  and 
becomes  the  later  Baumgarten  story  (2e(l,  68  if.),  though  as  yet 
without  names.  Then  for  Schwyz :  ■  der  Gessler '  whose  name  is 
probably  borrowed  from  the  Gesslers  of  the  neighboring  Meyen- 
berg  or  Aargau,  covets  the  *  stone  house  of  Stoupacher  ■  in  Stei- 
nen ;  the  '  wise  wife  '  of  the  latter  inspires  a  compact  (not  merely 
with  friends  in  Schwyz,  as  in  the  Lowerz  story  above,  but  with 
representatives  of  the  other  cantons)  with  *  him  from  the  Melche 
in  Underwalden  *  and  *  one  of  the  /Hirsts  of  Uri ' ;  these  meet  in 
league  at  night  <  imDiublt'  (Xe(I,  195-348,  656-745,  II.  2).  Uri, 
not  mentioned  by  Hemmerlin,probably  because  not  so  controlled 
by  Habsburg  as  the  others,  is,  of  course,  anxious,  now  that  the 
others  are  so  honorably  mentioned,  to  get  the  most  credit  pos- 
sible for  her  part  in  the  struggle,  and  claims  for  her  hero  the 
most  important  place.  The  Tell  story,  no  doubt  already  current 
in  Uri,  is  brought  in  here,  and  the  two  once  totally  distinct  ver- 
sions of  the  legend  (Tell  and  SRutliburtb)  are  quietly  melted  to- 
gether :  «  der  Gessler '  demands  obeisance  to  the  hat,  a  worthy 
man  named  Tall  also  ( Thall,  der  Th'dll ;  Tell's  first  appearance 
in  the  legend)  refuses,  is  arrested  and  punished  (here  follow 
particulars  of  the  9(pfeljd)uft,  cf.  Xe(I,  III.  3)  ;  in  a  great  storm 
he  escapes  from  Gessler's  boat  (IV.  1)  at  '  ^e  Xellen  blatten ' 
(evidently  so  named  before  Tell's  escape,  but  later,  as  Xellspfcitte, 
derived  from  Tell's  own  name)  ;  he  then  kills  Gessler  (here  Uri, 
not  Schwyz  as  in  Hemmerlin,  gets  credit  for  killing  the  Vogt) 
near  K'ussnach  (probably  a  reminiscence  of  early  fourteenth 
century  conflicts  with  the  ^Hitter  bon  £iifmad))  and  *  runs  home.'* 
After  this  ■  Stoupacher's  company  becomes  powerful,'  destroys 


INTRODUCTION.  XXV 

'Twing  Uren^  and  other  castles  in  Switz  and  Stems'*  (cf.  £ett, 
V.  i)  ;  Rotzberg  is  taken  with  the  help  of  a  maiden  (Xetl,  1414 
ff.)  ;  the  Confederation  is  formed.  Notably  the  stories  from 
Schwyz  and  Uri  begin  to  assign  definite  names,  but  no  exact 
date  is  yet  attempted.  It  is  very  probable  that  the  still  remem- 
bered struggles  of  1247  and  later  years  furnished  a  sort  of  his- 
torical germ  or  nucleus  about  which  ever  growing  tradition  built 
up  these  tales. 

This  the  substance  of  the  legend.  Later  chronicles  spread  it 
among  wider  circles  and  naturally  changed  minor  points.  Thus 
the  Xellenlieb  (Lucerne,  about  1470)  calls  the  famous  archer 
'Wilhelm  Tell,  the  first  Confederate'  and  makes  his  daring  shot 
the  chief  cause  of  the  uprising  which  brought  freedom.  Melchioi 
Russ  (Lucerne,  1482)  is  also  thus  partial  to  Uri  and  Tell;  he 
makes  Thell  (no  longer  Tall,  Thall)  the  real  founder  of  the 
league,  whereas  the  ■  White  Book '  had  given  ■  Stoupacher's 
company'  most  of  the  credit.  Petermann  Etterlin  (Lucerne, 
1507)  was  the  first  to  spread  among  wider  circles  the  account  of 
Tell  and  *  Geissler,1  or  *  Gryssler,'  which  he  had  copied  with  few 
changes  from  the  *  White  Book.'  The  §ubfcf)  Spl)l  .  .  .  Don  ben? 
5Bil£)dm  Xetlen,  etc.,  a  play  written  about  15 12,  adds  other  feat- 
ures :  *  he  of  the  Melchi '  becomes  Erny  vom  Melchthal,  the 
53iebermann  t>on  5lltfe(len  is  now  Cuno  Abatzellen  (=  Ab  Altzellen, 
i.  e.  from  Alzellen),  'Stoupacher'  is  now  Stouffacher ;  Tell 
arouses  the  people  and  founds  the  league.  Uri's  predomi- 
nance over  Schwyz  is  assured  and  the  account  of  *Stoupacher,s 
company '  becomes  a  mere  episode  in  the  now  greater  Tell  story. 
Here,  too,  definite  dates  are  first  attempted :  in  1243  the  cantons 
accept  Rudolfs  'protectorate';  1296  is  the  date  of  their  lib- 
eration. Johann  Stumpff  puts  the  beginning  of  the  Habsburg 
quarrel  in  1260,  the  banishment  of  the  governors  in  13 14. 
Gessler  sets  up  the  hat  in  order  to  find  out  who  were  the  Rlitli 
conspirators. 

The  form  in  which  Schiller  used  the  legend  is  substantially 


XXVI  INTRODUCTION. 

that  given  by  Aegidius  Tschudi  (or  Gilg  Schudy),  a  learned 
man  and  high  official  in  Glarus,  who  diligently  collected  original 
documents,  other  chronicles  and  verbal  traditions,  and  con- 
structed, about  1569,  from  the  sometimes  vague  and  contradictory 
versions  of  the  legend,  especially  as  he  found  them  in  the 
1  White  Book '  and  in  Etterlin,  an  account  so  systematic  in  ar- 
rangement, so  vivid  in  description,  so  definite  and  plausible  in 
statement  as  to  inspire  the  utmost  confidence.  His  rich  fancy, 
fine  command  of  language  and  wonderful  narrative  talent  make 
the  whole  resemble  an  historical  novel.  He  not  only  uses  pre- 
vious accounts,  but  generously  offers  his  pen  to  record  anything 
the  cantons  will  send  him.  He  "received  many  stories,1'  he 
says,  which,  though  obliged  greatly  to  alter  his  work,  ««  he  could 
not  refuse,11  since  they  "would  enhance  the  honor  of  the  Con- 
federacy and  do  no  harm  whatever.11  Supplying  needful  details, 
he  sends  these  stories  forth  as  authentic  history.  He  preserves 
the  main  features  of  the  legend,  but  most  arbitrarily  assigns  names 
and  dates :  Landenberg  becomes  Beringer  von  Landenberg ;  his 
victim  is  Heinrich  vom  Melchthal,  whose  son  is  Arnold,  date 
1307  ;  Cuno  Abatzellen  becomes  Konrad  Baumgarten  von  Alzel- 
len,  date  1306;  Gessler,  coming  to  Uri  in  1304,  builds  Zwing 
Uri  in  Allorf;  ■  Stoupacher 1  becomes  first  Johans  {Hans)  then 
Wernher;  '  one  of  the  Fursts 7  is  now  Walther  Fi'irst ;  other 
names,  wherever  wanting,  are  supplied  at  random  from  any  old 
document.  The  Riitli  oath,  taken  by  ten  of  each  canton,  falls 
on  Nov.  8,  the  $fyfelfd)uJ3,  Nov.  18,  1307,  the  expulsion  of  the 
governor,  Jan.  1,  1308.  Other  particulars  were  added  later. 
Stauffache^s  *  wise  wife  1  is  named  Margaretha  Herlobig  (Schiller 
calls  her  Gertrud)\  Tell  fought  at  Morgarten  in  13 15  and  was 
drowned,  1354,  in  the  Schachen,  while  trying  to  rescue  a  child. 
The  legend  received  still  more  definite  form  (1786-95)  at  the 
hands  of  Schiller's  friend,  the  eminent  Swiss  historian,  Johannes 
von  Muller.  He  made  but  few  real  changes  (for  instance, 
following  an  old  play,  he  calls  Gessler  Hermann  Gessler  von 


INTRODUCTION.  XXV11 

'  Bruneck),  but  he  further  systematized  and  settled  what  was 
handed  down.  He  knew  it  was  fiction,  yet  he  sacrificed  critical 
method  to  patriotic  and  rhetorical  ends  in  order  to  please  his 
people  and  promote  his  own  republican  views. 

At  last  the  poet,  with  Tschudi  and  Mliller  as  chief  authorities, 
made  whatever  changes  seemed  required  by  dramatic  expe- 
diency, inventing  thus  the  roles  of  Bertha  and  Rudenz,  Kunz 
von  Gersau  and  others,  naming  TelPs  wife  Hedwig,  Stauffache^s, 
Gertrud,  etc.     Particulars  are  mentioned  in  the  Notes. 

The  Swiss  have  always  loved  their  Tell.  To  this  day  many 
firmly  believe  in  him.  Yet  as  early  as  1607  scholars  began  to 
doubt  his  existence.  During  two  centuries  of  bitter  dispute, 
zealous  Swiss  partisans  resorted  to  every  means  possible,  even 
to  forgeries  in  old  documents  (thus  changing  Tridlo  to  Tello, 
Nail  to  Thalt),  in  order  to  establish  his  identity,  but  the  search- 
ing investigations  of  modern  scholars  have  shown  him  to  be  a 
myth,  and  as  such  the  story  is  and  must  be  regarded.  Yet  we 
honor  him  and  his  people  none  the  less  for  the  undaunted  spirit 
he  represents.  He  will  live  as  long  as  the  love  of  liberty  has  a 
place  in  the  hearts  of  men. 

Having  traced  to  their  source  the  stories  of  the  Sftiitttuunb  and 
of  the  Scandinavian  origin  of  the  Swiss,  it  remains  to  inquire 
how  the  Tell  myth  became  part  of  the  national  legend.  It 
appears,  already  well  developed,  in  the  ■  White  Book  \  of  Sarnen, 
yet  the  famous  archer  is  by  no  means  the  exclusive  property  of 
the  Swiss.  Very  similar  stories  have  been  found  among  all 
Germanic   peoples  —  in    Denmark,   Norway,   Sweden,  Iceland, 

England,  Germany,  etc as  well  as  in  India,  Persia,  Greece, 

Italy  and  even  among  the  Turks  and  Mongolians.  The  target, 
not  always  an  apple,  is  often  a  nut,  a  ring,  a  coin  laid  on  the 
head  or  held  in  the  hand.  The  story  most  like  Tell  is  that  first 
recorded  by  the  Danish  historian  Saxo  Grammaticus  (died 
1204)  :  Toko  (also  Tokko,  Palnatoki)  boasted  great  skill  in 
archery,   whereupon   his  king,    Harald    Blaatand    (Bluetooth), 


XXV111  INTRODUCTION. 

ordered  him  to  shoot  an  apple  from  his  son's  head.  Allowed  only 
one  shot,  he  was  to  die  if  he  missed.  Taking  three  arrows  Toko 
commanded  the  boy  to  stand  still,  and  hit  the  apple  with  the  first 
arrow.  When  asked  the  purpose  of  the  other  arrows,  he  said 
they  were  meant  for  the  king  if  he  had  missed  the  apple.  Toko 
afterwards  killed  Harald,  from  ambush  in  the  forest,  for  cruelty 
to  himself  and  his  friends.  In  the  likewise  thoroughly  Germanic 
Thidrek  (or  Wilkina)  Saga,  the  caprice  of  King  Nidung  requires 
the  same  shot  of  Eigil,  brother  of  Weland  the  Smith ;  the  king 
also  receives,  and  this  time  approves,  the  same  answer  about 
the  other  arrows.  These  ancient  stories  were  transplanted  in 
quite  similar  form  to  England  by  the  Anglo-Saxons,  where  they 
still  live  in  the  legends  of  Robin  Hood,  Adam  Bell,  Clym  of  the 
Clough  and  William  of  Cloudesly  (cf.  Percy's  Reliques) .  The 
latter  is  much  like  Tell,  save  that  the  shot  is  his  own  suggestion 
and  not  the  king's  order.  Any  connection  between  William  of 
Cloudesly  and  Wilhelm  Tell  is  uncertain.  The  word  Tell,  both 
as  surname  and  as  nickname,  has  been  variously  explained ; 
Grimm  derives  it  from  telum,  *  arrow,1  Simrock  from  Eigil's  son 
Orendel,  later  Eml/ielle,  others  from  dalen,  ■  to  be  foolish,' 
hence  Wilhelm  Tell  =  «  William  the  Simple'  etc.,  etc.  The 
original  source  of  these  wide-spread  archer  stories  is  thought  to 
be  a  nature-myth,  common  to  all  Aryan  races,  an  allegorical 
struggle  in  which  the  grim  tyrant  Whiter  is  driven  from  his 
stronghold  and  slain  by  the  unerring  arrows  of  the  Summer  Sun 
(beam  =  (Strati  =  arrow) .  Thus  in  Germanic  mythology, 
Wotan  struggling  with  the  Winter  tyrant  at  first  lies  bound  in  a 
cloud  (the  symbol  of  a  ship),  but  he  suddenly  springs  out, 
draws  his  (rain)  bow  and  sends  the  deadly  (thunder)  bolt  into 
the  (cloud)  ship  and  into  the  heart  of  the  Winter  giant.  Such 
mythological  ideas  transferred  to  men  (heroes)  may  readily  have 
furnished  the  nucleus  necessary  for  a  Tell  legend. 

Whatever  its   origin,   it  is  clear  that  the  legend  is  common 
Germanic,  even  Aryan,  property  and,  as  such,  it  was,  no  doubt, 


INTRODUCTION.  XXIX 

taken  to  Switzerland  by  the  original  Alamannic  settlers.  Later, 
in  developed  form,  it  served  in  the  Swiss- Austrian  campaigns 
and  found  its  way  into  the  ■  White  Book/  and  through  Tschudi 
into  Schiller's  £ell. 


III.     SCHILLER'S   TELL. 

28it£)e(m  Xefl,  Schiller's  last  finished  drama,  though  composed 
in  a  few  months,  really  occupied  the  poet's  attention  for  several 
years.  The  idea  of  writing  the  play  was  due,  very  indirectly 
however,  to  Goethe,  who  had  once  intended  to  use  the  subject 
himself.  On  his  third  and  last  trip  to  Switzerland,  late  in  1797, 
Goethe  again  visited  the  Forest  Cantons  and  spent  some  days 
in  the  Tell  country.  In  a  letter  to  Schiller,  Oct.  14,  1797, 
describing  his  experiences  and  impressions,  he  wrote  that  he  had 
found  a  subject  —  the  story  of  Tell  —  which  he  •«  felt  would  suit 
for  an  epic  poem"  adding  that  he  had  very  carefully  studied  the 
country  and  people  and  that  "good  luck"  must  now  determine 
"whether  anything  should  ever  come  of  the  undertaking." 
Schiller  was  pleased  and  warmly  encouraged  this  "very  happy 
idea"  of  his  friend.  Though  much  interested  at  first  in  the 
plan,  Goethe  made  but  little  progress  with  his  Xell.  He  sketched 
the  outlines  of  the  first  cantos,  but,  in  doubt  about  the  verse- 
form  and  soon  busy  with  other  things,  he  delayed  work  on  it 
until,  he  confesses  later,  ««  it  had  lost  the  charm  of  novelty  "  and 
until  he  had  lost  that  interest,  that  proper  mood,  always  so  nec- 
essary to  his  success.  He  gave  it  up,  as  he  had  given  up  other 
subjects,  neglected  in  the  same  way. 

Nothing  more  is  said  of  £ell  until  early  in  1801 ,  when  the  rumor 
became  current  that  Schiller  was  writing  a  £ett,  and  not  an 
epic  but  a  drama.  Many  inquiries  were  made  regarding  this  — 
a  work  he  had  not  yet  thought  of  undertaking.  His  conversations 
with  Goethe,  about  the  proposed  epic,  had  no  doubt  inspired 
him  with  deeper  interest  in  Tell.     He  seems  to  have  even  then 


XXX  INTRODUCTION. 

considered  it  a  better  dramatic  than  epic  subject,  and  this  opinion, 
very  probably  expressed  to  others,  may  have  given  rise  to  the 
rumor  just  mentioned.  It  is  to  this  false  report  that  we  owe  the 
play.  Schiller  himself  admits  as  much  in  letters  to  various 
friends.  Thus  he  wrote  his  publisher,  Cotta  (March,  1802), 
asking  for  ' « a  good  map  of  Lake  Lucerne  and  the  adjacent 
cantons"  and  confessing  that  this  "  false  rumor"  had  called  his 
attention  to  the  subject  and  led  him  to  read  Tschudi's  chronicle, 
which  had  so  attracted  him  that  he  "now  in  all  earnestness  meant 
to  write  a  $8tlf)efm  Xett."  He  also  wrote  his  Dresden  friend, 
Kbrner,  that  he  had  not  before  thought  of  writing  such  a  play. 

Though  delayed  for  some  time  by  other  plans,  he  never  lost 
his  interest,  and  finally,  on  Aug.  25,  1803,  he  began  his  £efl. 
He  soon  realized  the  peculiar  difficulties  of  the  subject,  especially 
to  one  who  had  never  been  in  Switzerland  and  yet  who  felt 
obliged  to  embody  as  many  purely  local  features  as  possible. 
Not  in  the  least  discouraged,  however,  he  asked  his  friends 
again  and  again  for  maps,  pictures,  books  and  other  material  on 
Switzerland,  with  which  to  make  himself  thoroughly  familiar 
with  Swiss  scenery  and  manners  and  character.  With  untiring 
industry,  though  slowly  at  first,  he  gathered  from  every  available 
source ]  the  information  he  needed.  His  severer  historical 
studies  in  other  years,  his  history  lectures  in  Jena,  his  Thirty 
Year's  War,  Revolt  of  the  Netherlands,  Don  Carlos,  IVallenstein, 
had  given  him  great  skill  in  using  such  material,  while  his  native 
energy  and  enthusiastic  sympathy  with  the  subject,  so  congenial 
to  his  own  liberty-loving  soul,  enabled  him  soon  to  progress 
more  rapidly.      His  intuitive  genius  was,  moreover,  inspired  by 

1  He  studied  several  maps  of  Lake  Lucerne  and,  besides  Tschudi's  Chronicon 
Helveticum  (his  principal  authority),  the  chronicles  of  Etterlin  and  Stumpf  (see 
above,  p.  xxv),  Johannes  von  Miiller's  Geschichte  der  Schweizerischen  Eidgenossen- 
schaft,  Scheuchzer's  Naturgeschichte  des  Schweizerlandes,  Ebel's  Schilderung  der 
Gebirgsvolker  der  Schweiz,  Fasi's  Staats-  und  Erdbeschreibung  der  helvetischen 
Eidgenossenschaft,  Schmidt's  Geschichte  der  Deutschen,  Meiners'  Briefe  iiber  die 
Schweiz.  » 


INTRODUCTION.  XXXI 

the  vivid  descriptions  of  his  wife,  of  Goethe  and  of  other  friends, 
who  had  seen  Switzerland  and  could  tell  him  more  of  places  and 
people  than  he  could  find  in  books.  Oct.  I,  1803  he  saw  Julius 
CcEsar  played  in  Weimar  and  derived  important  indirect  help 
from  it.  He  wrote  Goethe:  "For  my  £efl  this  play  was  in- 
valuable ;  my  own  little  craft  was  floated  by  it ;  yesterday  it  at 
once  put  me  in  a  most  productive  frame  of  mind.11 

In  spite  of  many  interruptions,  business  engagements,  the 
death  of  Herder  and  the  chatter  of  Madame  de  Stael,  then  on  a 
visit  in  Weimar,  he  was  able  to  send  the  first  act  to  Goethe  on 
Jan.  12,  1804.  The  others  followed  soon,  and  on  Feb.  18, 
1804  the  whole  was  finished.  Preparations  were  begun  at  once 
to  have  it  played  before  Easter.  As  far  as  poor  health  permitted, 
Schiller  superintended  the  rehearsals  and  in  his  absence  Goethe 
took  his  place.  The  first  performance  was  in  the  Court  Theater 
in  Weimar,  Marclj  17,  1804,  and  during  the  next  few  months 
it  was  given  repeatedly  in  Berlin,  Breslau  and  other  large  cities. 

After  all  the  labor  and  enthusiasm  bestowed  upon  £ell, 
Schiller  naturally  expected  much  of  the  play.  He  had  written 
Korner:  •«  If  the  gods  favor  me  ...  it  shall  be  a  mighty  thing 
and  shake  the  German  stage.11  His  hopes  were  more  than 
realized.  Its  effect  was  greater  than  that  of  any  of  his  other  plays. 
Goethe,  Korner  and  Iffland  were  delighted,  Schlegel  called  it 
Schiller^  finest  work  and  praised  especially  its  wonderful  fidelity 
in  local  matters.  Indeed  contemporary  criticism  was  almost 
universally  favorable.  The  first  edition  (of  seven  thousand 
copies),  issued  October  1804,  was  soon  exhausted  and  before  the 
year  was  out  a  second  (three  thousand  copies)  was  printed. 
On  sending  out  the  first  edition  Cotta  wrote:  **  Tell  now  goes 
into  all  the  world/1  He  spoke  wiser  than  he  knew.  In  transla- 
tions it  has  gone  throughout  the  civilized  world  and  has  done 
more  than  anything  else  to  spread  the  name  and  the  fame  of  the 
Swiss  and  their  hero  as  well  as  of  its  author.  Above  all,  in 
Germany  it  is  his  best  known,  most  popular  play.     Especially  in 


XXX11  INTRODUCTION. 

times  of  political  unrest,  as  during  the  wars  with  France,  it  has 
been  a  great  source  of  patriotic  enthusiasm,  an  inspiring  lesson 
to  the  little  German  states  to  hold  together  —  feft  unb  emtcj  — 
in  their  resistance  to  their  common  enemy. 

Closely  following  Tschudi,  Schiller  has  laid  all  the  scenes  of 
Tell  on  or  near  the  shores  of  Lake  Lucerne.  Tschudi's  dates, 
however,  —  for  the  Baumgarten  incident  the  autumn  of  1306, 
the  Riitli  oath  Nov.  8,  1307,  Gessle^s  death  Nov.  19  (for  20), 
1307,  the  destruction  of  Rossberg  and  Sarnen  Jan.  1,  1308,  the 
murder  of  Albrecht  May  1,  1308  —  are  so  changed  that  the 
events  of  the  play  occur  on  four  different  days,  at  intervals  within 
a  period  of  three  weeks,  as  follows:  Act  I.  on  Oct.  28,  1307, 
Act  II.  on  Nov.  8,  Acts  III.  and  IV.  on  one  day,  Nov.  19 
(Tschudi  says  18  and  19,  by  mistake  for  19  and  20),  Act  V.  on 
the  morning  of  the  following  day. 

The  Swiss  struggle  for  independence  naturally  attracted  the 
gretf)ett3bid)ter,  Schiller;  the  same  love  of  freedom  that  had 
once  prompted  the  Member,  2rte3co,  S)Stt  (Sarlo3  and  others  found 
here  a  most  congenial,  yes,  inspiring  theme.  He  saw  its 
dramatic  possibilities  and  devoted  to  it  the  last  great  effort  of 
his  life.  His  "object,"  of  course,  was  not  deliberately  "to 
teach  Germany  the  lesson  of  national  unity"  or  any  other 
"lesson"  —  though  many  lessons  have,  no  doubt,  been  drawn 
from  the  play  —  but  simply  to  write  a  great  drama,  to  nobly 
embody  the  noble  theme,  which  had  so  strongly  appealed  to  his 
own  liberty-loving  nature.  Better  than  all  the  critics,  he  him- 
self has  expressed  his  plan  and  purpose  in  the  lines  he  wrote  on 
sending  a  manuscript  copy  of  %t\{  to  the  Prince  Elector  Karl 
von  Dalberg,  brother  of  his  old  friend,  the  theater  manager  in 
Mannheim : 

2Bemt  rofye  $rafte  feittbftd)  ftd)  entjtoeien 
Unb  blinbe  SSut  bic  $riege8flctmme  fcfyiirt; 
SBemt  ftd)  tm  $ampfe  tobenber  ^artcien 
2)te  ©timme  ber  ©eredjtigfeit  Derltert; 


INTRODUCTION.  XXX111 

SSetut  aHe  Rafter  fdjamtoS  ftcf)  befreten, 
$3enn  freeze  SBtttfiir  an  ba8  §etftge  riiljrt, 
2)en  $nfer  loft,  an  bent  bte  @taaten  Ijangen : 
S)a  ift  !cin  @toff  $u  frcubigen  ©efangen. 

3)od)  roenn  etn  93olf,  ba$  fromm  bic  §eerben  roetbet, 
@id)  fetbft  genug,  md)t  fremben  ©ut«  begefyct, 
2)en  3tt)an9  obttjirft,  ben  e«  untniirbig  letbet, 
2)odj  felbft  im  3orn  D*e  SKenfdjUdjfeit  nod)  efyrt, 
3>nt  ©htcfe  felbft,  im  ©lege  ftcf)  befdjeibet: 
$)a«  if*  unfterbttd)  unb  beg  ?iebe8  inert. 
Unb  fold)  ein  2teb  barf  id)  bir  freubig  getgen, 
2)u  fennjV3,  benn  afleS  ®rof3e  ift  bein  etgen. 

The  theme  of  XeK  is  thus,  briefly,  the  lawful  and  successful 
uprising  of  a  united  people  against  cruel  oppression.  The  hero 
of  the  play  is,  therefore,  not  Tell  alone,  but  the  whole  Swiss 
people  in  close  and  faithful  union  against  a  common  enemy. 
Though  above  all  the  most  interesting  character,  Tell  is  but  one 
individual  element.  Herein  lay  a  great  dramatic  difficulty,  and 
one  not  entirely  overcome,  namely,  to  preserve  the  unity  of 
action  and  yet  to  separate  the  very  important  individual  cause 
of  Tell  from  that  of  the  whole  people,  without  giving  the  former 
undue  prominence.  Such  separation  was  required,  for  in  order  to 
justify  the  killing  of  Gessler,  to  make  it  appear  not  murder,  but, 
as  the  poet  intended  it,  a  just  and  necessary  deed  of  self-defense, 
Schiller  felt,  and  so  did  Goethe,  that  ««  Tell  must  stand  alone  in 
the  drama,  that  his  cause  is  and  must  remain  a  private  one, 
entirely  without  political  character,  till  at  the  close  it  coincides 
with  that  of  the  people,"  as  represented  by  the  men  of  the  Rutli. 
Moreover  Tell,  the  individual,  must  be  a  type  of  the  whole  Swiss 
people,  a  simple-hearted  nature  folk,  brave  yet  gentle,  slow  to 
speak,  but  quick  to  act  when  once  aroused.  For  such  dramatic 
reasons,  therefore,  Tell  is  made  a  quiet  unobtrusive  man  of  few 
words,  unwilling  to  be  present  at  the  Rutli  or  to  take  part  in  any 
of  the  deliberations  of  his  friends  (which,  of  course,  would  have 


XXXIV  INTRODUCTION. 

lent  his  later  action  a  political  character),  preferring  to  pursue 
the  even  tenor  of  his  way,  so  long  as  he  is  let  alone,  yet  strong 
in  his  love  of  liberty,  resolute  and  ready  to  fight,  when  he  must, 
in  defense  of  his  home,  his  friends,  his  honor  or  his  rights. 
With  great  physical  strength,  he  is  daring  and  fearless,  yet 
modest  and  gentle  as  he  is  brave.  He  shows  the  tenderest  love 
for  wife  and  children,  and  with  most  unselfish  sympathy  is  ever 
ready  to  help  his  neighbor  in  distress,  without  asking  why  or 
wherefore.  His  skillful  hand,  his  generous  heart,  his  blameless 
life  win  him  the  love  and  admiration  of  all,  who  know  him :  (£§ 
giebt  nicfjt  gmet  lute  ber  ift  im  ©ebtrge  !   (Zdi,  164.) 

While  in  Tell  we  have  thus  the  purest  type  of  the  Swiss 
nature  in  general,  other  characters  give  us  types  of  different  and 
special  classes,  occupations,  rank  and  age  in  society.  Thus 
Melchthal,  StaurTacher  and  Furst  are  splendid  types  of  the  better 
classes  of  citizens  ;  each  represents  one  of  the  three  cantons  — > 
Unterwalden,  Schwyz  and  Uri  —  each,  too,  a  different  age  and 
temper — rash,  excitable  youth,  calm,  mature  manhood,  and 
anxious,  over-cautious  age.  Rudenz  and  Attinghausen  stand  for 
the  young  and  old  among  the  native  Swiss  nobility ;  the  latter 
a  class  living  like  loved  patriarchs  among  their  people,  the 
former  a  class,  young  and  ambitious,  coquetting  at  first  with 
Austria,  but  finally  awakening  to  their  true  duty  and  character 
and  supporting  the  people  against  a  common  enemy.  The 
women  are  especially  well  portrayed.  Gertrud  is  the  '  pleasant 
hostess,'  the  courageous,  patriotic  matron,  standing  in  telling 
contrast  by  the  side  of  her  hesitating,  less  confident  husband, 
Stauffacher.  Hedwig,  the  anxious  wife,  the  loving  mother, 
whose  chief  concern  is  the  welfare  and  safety  of  husband  and 
children,  ever  seeks  to  restrain  the  daring,  over-confident  Tell. 
Bertha  is  the  high-minded,  fearless  girl,  who,  though  noble  in 
rank  and  related  to  Gessler,  gives  her  sympathy  to  her  people 
and  her  heart  to  the  lover  whom  she  brings  back  to  his  country 
and  his  duty.     All  three,  and   in   them   all   classes   of  Swiss 


INTRODUCTION.  XXXV 

womanhood,  maidens,  wives  and  mothers,  noble  and  peasant 
alike,  resent  and  resist  the  tyrants'  oppression. 

Gessler,  the  governor,  is  the  worst  enemy  of  Swiss  liberty. 
He  is  a  typical  tyrant,  cowardly,  coarse  and  cruel,  faithless  and 
vindictive,  —  a  stranger  to  every  impulse  of  gentleness  and  kind- 
ness. He  is  the  stern,  inflexible  ruler,  with  great  political  plans 
for  extending  the  power  of  Habsburg,  and  determined  to  carry 
them  out,  though  it  means  the  stifling  of  every  impulse  of  liberty 
in  the  Swiss  people.  Angered  by  their  resistance,  he  resorts  to 
the  most  cruel  and  inhuman  means  of  enforcing  his  authority. 

The  lower  classes,  too,  hunters,  herdsmen,  laborers  and  even 
serfs,  all  have  their  types,  well  drawn  and  true  to  nature,  in 
Werni,  Kuoni  and  the  rest,  and  all  making  common  cause 
against  their  common  enemy.  This  union  of  all  classes  only 
makes  the  justice  of  their  cause  the  more  evident.  It  is  not  the 
rash  hot-headedness  of  youth,  not  the  mere  discontent  of 
laborers  —  it  is  the  common  uprising  of  a  whole  people,  whose 
most  sacred  rights  have  been  ruthlessly  outraged. 

In  its  dramatic  character  the  play  is  quite  too  serious  for 
comedy,  nor  is  it  altogether  tragedy,  for  it  ends  too  happily ;  its 
theme  is,  moreover,  too  epic,  and  its  personal  action  and  passion 
too  often  secondary  to  the  general  welfare.  An  individual  is 
better  than  a  people  as  the  hero  of  a  tragedy.  Schiller  wisely 
called  it  ein  <3d)aujpiel  —  ■  an  epic  drama,  in  which  the  force  of 
outward  circumstances  and  conditions  as  well  as  of  innate  char- 
acter determines  the  action'  (Carriere). 

As  a  piece  of  art  £etf  is,  SSatlenftetn  not  excepted,  the  poet's 
best  work.  The  first  act,  in  Goethe's  opinion  *  not  a  first  act 
simply,  but  a  whole  play  in  itself,'  has  always  been  considered  a 
masterpiece  of  dramatic  *  exposition,'  or  preface,  setting  forth,  as 
it  does,  at  once  and  most  clearly  the  conditions  under  which  the 
play  is  to  proceed.  The  lyric  introduction  shows  at  a  glance  the 
idyllic  character  of  country  and  people  and  induces  just  the 
proper  mood  of  appreciative  sympathy  for  what  follows.     We 


XXXVI  INTRODUCTION. 

then  meet  the  chief  actors  and  through  them,  as  types,  learn  how 
the  different  classes  of  Swiss  people  feel  and  think ;  we  see  the 
just  cause  of  their  discontent  in  the  ever  increasing  cruelty  of  the 
governors  in  every  canton,  as  well  as  their  determined  courage 
and  their  ever  growing  purpose  to  resist.  A  passing  glance  at 
Tell,  in  his  prompt  rescue  of  Baumgarten,  suffices  to  show  his 
character  and  to  inspire  confidence  in  him  for  the  future.  Act 
II.  scene  I,  put  in  II.  and  not  in  I.  on  account  of  its  length, 
also  belongs  to  the  *  exposition '  and  shows  the  attitude  of  the 
Swiss  nobility  towards  the  people's  cause.  Thus  all  classes,  in 
all  three  cantons,  feel  the  weight  of  the  tyrannical  yoke,  and 
three  representative  men,  Fiirst,  StaufTacher  and  Melchthal, 
have  combined  to  shake  it  off.  Thus,  side  by  side,  the  poet 
develops  the  plans  and  character  of  $o(f  and  $8ogtc  ;  sympathy 
for  the  people  is  at  once  awakened,  while  the  introduction 
of  the  younger  nobility,  in  their  adherence  to  Austria  (Act 
II.  i),  adds  a  new  element  of  uncertainty  and  danger  for 
the  people's  cause,  which  invests  the  already  doubtful  issue  with 
still  further  interest.  The  plan  thus  outlined  is  carried  out  in  a 
manner  worthy  of  the  poet  and  his  great  theme.  Many  passages 
in  £efl  equal  in  force  and  beauty  anything  in  German  literature, 
while  contrast,  rhyme  and  scenic  arrangement  are  frequently  and 
most  skillfully  used  to  show  increasing  intensity  of  feeling  and  to 
heighten  the  dramatic  effect.  Nowhere  has  Schiller  shown  the 
power  of  his  splendid  genius  so  well  as  in  his  faithful  reproduc- 
tion in  £etf  of  purely  local  features  of  Swiss  scenery  and  charac- 
ter. The  glowing  descriptions  of  others  were  helpful,  but  the 
secret  of  his  success  lies  rather  in  his  patient  study  of  even  the 
smallest  details,  in  his  intuitive  appreciation  of  his  sources,  and 
in  his  wonderful  skill  in  using  this  material.  His  rich  imagina- 
tion freely  invented  what  he  found  wanting,  but  in  many  places 
he  follows  his  sources  so  closely  as  to  transfer  to  his  play  not 
only  the  subject-matter  of  whole  passages,  but  to  adopt  even  the 
old  and  peculiar  words  and  all  the  native  simplicity  of  the  Swiss 


INTRODUCTION*.  XXXV11 

dialect,  thus  securing,  in  spite  of  unusual  difficulties,  the  most 
natural  local  coloring.  <<  One  who  has  read  £eH  and  then 
visits  Switzerland  feels  as  if  he  had  already  seen  it  all,  and  that 
which  seemed  an  ideal  picture  of  the  imagination,  becomes 
actual  and  living  reality  "  (Carriere) . 

The  play  has  its  faults,  of  course.  Chief  among  these  has 
been  urged  the  want  of  dramatic  unity,  due  to  the  relation  of  the 
individual  cause  of  Tell  to  that  of  the  whole  people.  The  poet's 
sources,  however,  and  not  his  dramatic  method,  are  to  blame, 
for,  as  we  have  seen,  the  old  chronicles  present  the  story  of  Tell 
in  very  loose  connection  with  that  of  the  Riitli  men.  Within 
the  play  there  are  really  three  smaller  dramas,  for  convenience 
named  from  their  chief  characters,  the  Riitli  (or  People's) 
drama,  the  Tell  drama  and  the  Rudenz  drama.  The  first  begins 
with  accounts  of  suffering  in  the  three  cantons  (I.),  has  its 
climax  in  the  Riitli  meeting  (II.  2),  and  ends  with  sweeping 
away  the  last  remnants  of  tyranny  in  Act  V.  ;  the  second,  begin- 
ning with  Tell's  rescue  of  Baumgarten  (I.  1),  developed  in  the 
scene  of  the  2fyfeljdjuJ3  (III.  3),  has  its  climax  in  the  death  of 
Gessler  (IV.  3)  ;  the  third  begins  with  the  allegiance  of  Rudenz 
to  Austria  (II.  1),  is  developed  by  Bertha  (III.  2),  and  ends 
with  the  storming  of  Rossberg  and  Sarnen  (IV.  2)  ;  all  three 
coincide  at  the  end  (V.  3),  (Kuenen).  Schiller  attempted  the 
dramatic  union  of  these  three  by  giving  each  set  of  characters 
(1)  a  common  enemy,  the  tyrants,  (2)  a  common  object, 
resistance  and  the  freedom  of  the  cantons,  (3)  a  common 
motive,  self  defense,  and  lastly  by  bringing  them  together  at 
important  points  and  uniting  them  all  at  the  end.  Though  the 
difficulty  was  not  entirely  overcome,  so  that  some  parts  of  the 
play  are  but  loosely  connected  with  others,  we  must  wonder  at 
the  skill  with  which  it  was  met.  "  It  is  as  if  three  independent 
springs  were  finally  brought  together  into  one  stream"  (Kluge). 

The  so-called  "  Bertha- Rudenz  episode,"  Schiller's  own  inven- 
tion, has  been  considered  unnecessary,  and  condemned  as  lack- 


XXXV111  INTRODUCTION. 

ing  in  force  and  animation  and  unimportant  for  the  dramatic 
development.  True,  it  is  weaker  than  other  parts  of  the  play, 
yet  it  is  more  than  an  ■  episode,1  it  is  skillfully  woven  into  the 
whole  action  of  the  play.  This  romantic  love  idyll  brightens 
and  relieves  the  grim  seriousness  of  the  action,  and  both  char- 
acters are  needed  as  types  of  the  younger  Swiss  nobility.  More- 
over, Bertha  wins  over  Rudenz  to  the  people's  cause,  he  lends 
material  assistance  in  resisting  the  tyrant,  and  is  the  first  to 
abolish  serfdom  among  his  own  dependents.  The  character  of 
Attinghausen,  too,  one  of  the  finest  in  the  play,  would  lose 
much  of  its  force  and  interest  if  Rudenz  were  absent  He  is 
indeed  an  essential  part  of  that  action.    (Buchheim,  XtU,  xxxiv.) 

The  killing  of  Gessler  has  been  criticized  as  a  cowardly  as- 
sassination. That  it  was  not  such  must  be  evident  from  his 
own  inhuman  cruelty,  from  the  logic  of  Tell's  monologue,  and 
from  the  interview  with  Parricida  (V.  I).  Though  he  shudders 
at  it,  Tell  believes  that  he  may,  yes,  must  kill  the  tyrant,  not  for 
political  or  patriotic  reasons,  —  such  are  not  mentioned  once  — 
but  in  lawful  self  defense,  to  protect  his  home  and  family,  and  to 
keep  a  sacred  oath,  wrung  from  him  in  the  agony  of  most 
terrible  provocation.  Tell  is  no  coward,  no  assassin ;  he  merely 
planned  his  attack  in  a  manner  certain  to  succeed. 

The  addition  of  Act  V.,  with  its  less  animated  action,  has 
been  called  a  mistake.  Some  think  the  play  should  end  with 
Gessler's  death.  Yet  Act  V.  seems  necessary,  for,  in  the  capture 
of  the  castles,  it  shows  the  results  of  the  work  of  resistance,  the 
certainty  that  Swiss  liberty  is  complete,  while,  in  the  news  of 
the  Emperor's  death,  it  brings  the  assurance  that  their  independ- 
ence may  be  permanently  safe  from  outside  interference.  Tell's 
interview  with  Parricida,  the  Emperor's  murderer,  was  intended, 
by  sharp  contrast,  to  excuse  and  justify  the  one  and  to  condemn 
the  other.  Yet  it  seems  out  of  place  ;  the  provocation  to  Tell's 
deed  is  its  own  defense,  he  needs  no  further  justification,  and  the 
scene  is  greatly  weakened  by  Parricida's  presence. 


INTRODUCTION.  XXXIX 

Such  are  the  merits,  such  the  faults  of  Xefl.  In  summing  up  an 
estimate  of  the  play,  Gustav  Freytag  has  aptly  said  :  "  Whatever 
may  be  said  against  the  dramatic  structure  of  £efl,  there  is  a 
charm  in  the  individual  scenes  (as  I.  i,  3,  III.  1,  3,  II.  2  etc.) 
that  ever  compels  admiration,"  while  Borne  remarked  that  "the 
faults  of  the  play  are  the  virtues  of  the  poet."  What  is  lost  in 
loose  dramatic  structure  is  gained  in  the  wonderful  power  and 
beauty  of  the  individual  scenes. 

As  the  poet  of  freedom,  Schiller  has  achieved  in  XeU  his 
greatest  triumph.  More  than  any  of  his  other  plays  does  it 
appeal  to  the  great  masses  of  German  people  ;  more  than  all  the 
others  has  it  furnished  favorite  sayings,  almost  become  proverbs, 
ever  remembered  and  quoted  by  prince  and  peasant  alike ;  in  it 
the  prose  of  his  early  dramas  has  given  place  to  his  best,  his 
noblest  verse  ;  the  extravagant  rhetoric  and  unreasonable  theories 
of  the  young  enthusiast  have  here  become  the  calmer  thought, 
the  riper  convictions  of  the  mature  man ;  the  narrower  social  or 
political  freedom  which  formed  the  theme  of  gie3co,  $auale  unb 
SHeue,  Gar(o3  and  others,  has  been  broadened,  till  freedom 
everywhere  —  in  the  home,  in  society,  in  thought,  in  govern- 
ment —  the  freedom  of  a  whole  people  is  the  theme  of  Tell ;  the 
effort  of  individual  fanatics  or  revolutionists  to  overthrow  all  law 
and  order  in  attaining  an  imaginary  freedom  has  become  in  £el( 
the  uprising  of  a  whole  brave  and  patient  people  to  defend  and 
preserve  their  real  liberty  from  the  attacks  of  foreign  tyrants. 


THE  NEW  TELL  STATUE  AT  ALTORF.     Cf.  11.  2041-2. 


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2cmblente  cms  <&d)totft. 


Hermann  ©egter,  9tod)3Dogt  in  ©djtDtyj  unb  Urt. 

2B e m c r ,  greiljerr  toon  5lttingljaufen,  SBannerfyerr. 

Utrid)  Don  Sft  u  b  e  n  3 ,  feitt  Sfteffe. 

2B  e  r  n  e  r  ©tauffadjer, 

$  o  n  r  a  b  §unn, 

3tel  SKebtng, 

§  a  n  3   auf    ber   9ft  a  n  e  r , 

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SBaitljer  frtif, 

SBllljelm  Jell, 

$  o  f  f  e  I  m  a  n  n ,  ber  ^farrer, 

<Petermann,  ber  ©igrift, 

$uoni,  ber  §irt, 

SB  e  r  n  i ,  ber  3ager, 

SK  u  o  b  i ,  ber  gifd)er, 

2lrnolb  Dom  SWetdjtljal, 

$onrab  S8  antng  a  r  t  en, 

9fteter  D  on  ©arnen, 

©trntlj  DonSBinfelrieb, 

$tan8  Don  ber  %liief 

SBurfljart  am  SBiifyet, 

5lrnotb  Don  ©eroa, 

^Pfeifer  Don  2  n  $  e  r  n. 

$  n  n  $  Don  Oerfau. 

3enni,  gifd)ermabe. 

<&  e  pp  i ,  £irtenmabe. 


cms  Urt. 


cms  UntertDalben. 


perfoncn. 


©  c  r  t  r  u  b  ,  ©tcmffadjerS  ©attin. 

9  e  b  tt>  i  g  ,  Sett*  ©atttn,  giirft*  Softer. 

33  e  r  1 1)  a  toon  23  r  u  n  e  cf ,  cine  rct<f)c  (Srbin. 

$rmgarb, 

2Ked)tl)itb,         ©taerinnen. 

(2 1 «  b  e  1 1) , 

§i(begarb,   ; 

SBatttjer,   j  £etts  flnaben. 

griegtiarbt,  j  @b(bner. 

ficutljolb,       i 

9ft n b  o  1  p ^  ber  §arra8,  ©efcterS  @tattmeifler. 

3oijanne8  ^arriciba,  ©ergog  Don  @djhmben. 

©tiiffi,  ber  gturfepfc. 

3)  e  r  ©tier  Don  U  r  t. 

(Sin  !Rcid)«botc. 

gronfcogt. 

Stteifter  ©teinme£,  ©efellen  unb  §anbtanger. 

OffentUdjc  sIu8rufer. 

SSarmljergige  SBriiber. 

©  e  6 1  e  r  i  f  d)  e  unb  Sanbenbergifdje  Waiter. 

SBiele  £anbtente,  Scanner  unb  SBeiber  au8  ben  SBalbfifitten. 


6  tPUltelm  del!. 

$irt  (ouf  bem  Serge). 
SSariatioit  be*  &uf)retf)en§. 
Sfyr  SKatten,  lebt  too&I, 
3$r  fonnigen  353eiben ! 
15  35er  ©enne  muft  fcfyeiben, 

.  3)er  ©ommer  ift  $iit. 
9Bir  fafyren  ju  53erg,  toir  !ommen  n>ieber, 
2Benn  ber  Kudfutf  ruft,  tt)enn  ertoacfyen  bie  Sieber, 
SBenn  ntit  Slumen  bie  (Srbe  ftd)  fleibet  neu, 
20     SBenn  bie  Srunnlein  ftiefeen  im  liebiicfyen  9Rai. 
Sfyr  fatten,  lebt  tooty, 
3#r  fonnigen  2Beibert! 
Der  ©enne  mu&  fcfyeiben, 
®er  ©ommer  ift  fytn. 

9ltyenjager 

(erfdjetnt  Qegenuber  auf  ber  ^olje  be§  ^felfenS). 
3»eite  Variation. 

25     S3  bonnern  bie  £ofyen,  e§  jtttert  ber  ©teg, 

•Kicfyt  grauet  bem  ©dEjittjen  auf  fd;it>tnbltcfytem  2Beg; " 
@r  fcfyreitet  fcertoegen 
2luf  gelbern  Don  ©is ; 
3) a  pranget  !ein  $ritI)Ung, 
30  ®a  grunet  !ein  9tei3; 

Unb  unter  ben  $ufeen  ein  neblicfyteS  -3Jker, 
(Srfennt  er  bie  ©tabte  ber  sJJtenf$en  ni$t  metyr; 
®urd;  ben  Jtift  nur  ber  SBoIfen 
Grblidt  er  bie  2Mt, 
35  Stef  unter  ben  SBaffern 

$Da§  griinenbe  gfelb. 
(2)ie  2cmbfdjaft  oeranbert  ftdj,  man  fyort  ein  bumpfeS  toxefjen  toon 

ben  SBergen,  @rf)attett  tton  SBotfen  (aufen  iibcr  bie  ®egenb.) 
SRuobi  ber  gifdjer  fommt  au%  ber  £iitte,  SBerni  ber  3ager 


J.  21  it f 3 it g.    \.  Scene,  7 

fteigt  bom  geffen,  $uoni  bcr  §irt  fommt  mtt  bem  Sfteltnatof  auf 
ber  ©djulter,    ©  e  to  p  i  fein  §anbbube,  folgt  iljm. 

SWacfy'  ^urtig,  genni!     gtefy  We  9?aue  ein! 
2)er  graue  ifyal^ogt  fommt,  bumpf  briittt  ber  giro, 
SDer  -Bfytfyenfteln'  ^iefyt  feine  §aube  an, 
40  Unb  fait  fyer  blaft  e3  au3  bem  ©etterlocfy^j^, 
£)er  ©turm,  t$  mein',  toirb  ba  fein,  efy'  toir'3  benfen. 

Attorn. 

'£  fommt  Sftegen,  gafyrmann.    TOeine  ©cfyafe  freffen 
9Jtit  Segterbe  ©ra3,  unb  2Ba$ter  fcfyarrt  bie  Srbe. 

Die  fjifd^e  fpringen,  unb  ba3  2Bafferl)uI?n 
45   Saucfyt  unter.     gin  ©emitter  ift  im  Stnjug. 

5htOtti  (sum  SBuben). 

2ug,  ©eppi,  oh  ba3  SSiel;  ficfy  nicfyt  fcerlaufen, 

<Bcppl 
2)ie  braune  Sifel  fenn*  \<fy  am  ©elaut. 

iluont. 
©o  fefylt  un£  feine  mefyr,  bie  geE?t  am  toeitften. 

<fiit0M. 
3#r  fyabt  ein  fd^dn  ©elaute,  5JZeifter  §irt. 

SSernt. 
50  Unb  fcfymucfeS  33ie^>  —  3ft'3  @uer  eigneS,  ?ant3mann? 

Shtont. 
Sin  nit  fo  rei$  —  '3  ift  meineS  gnab'gen  §errn, 
2)e£  2ltttngfyaufer3,  unb  mir  jugejd^It. 

ffitttrtu. 
2Bie  fd^on  ber  Sul)  ba§  23anb  &u  §alfe  ftefyt! 


ttMlljelm  dell. 
Shtoiti. 


2)a3  ftetfi  fie  au$,  bag  fie  ben  Steven  fiifyrt, 
Unb  ncifym'  i$  ifyr%  fte  fyorte  auf  ju  freffen. 


Im~^ 


55 

*Ruobt. 

2$r  feib  nicfyt  Hug!     ©in  unfcerniinft'geS  33iefy — 

2Berni.  ^^^N , 

gft  balb  gefagt.    £>a3  Jier  fyat  au$  93ernunft, 
£)a§  tt>tffen  toir,  bie  toir  bie  ©emfen  jagen. 
2)ie  ftellen  flug,  too  fie  yax  SBeibe  gefyn, 
60     'ne  SSor^ut  au3,  bie  fpi£t  ba3  Dfyr  unb  toarnet 
9Jtit  fyeller  ^Sfeife,  tt)enn  ber  gdger  nafyt. 

sJiUObi  (sum  £trten). 

£reibt  2$r  je£t  fyeim? 

ftftftti 

SDie  31I}>  ift  abgetoeibet. 
SBentt.  *  • 

©liidEfel'ge  §eimfel)r,  <Senn! 
Shtotti. 

®te  toitnfcfy'  i$  gu$; 
SSon  (Surer  %a\)xt  fefyrt  jU$'«  ni$t  immer  toieber, 

^     fflttobt.  ^v*^ltl 

65     3)ort  fommt  ein  Sftann  in  fcoHer  §aft  gelaufen. 
2Berm. 

3$  lenn'  ifyn,  f  ift  ber  Saumgart  Don  2lIgeHen. 

$  0  n  r  a  b    SBaumgarten  (atemloS  §erein[turjenb).  % 

23aumgartcn. 
Urn  ©otte§  bitten,  gdfyrmann,  @uren  Safyn! 

Itttrtt 
■Jtun,  nun,  tt>a§  giebt'3  h  eilig? 


\.  2Iuf3ug.    {.  Scene.  9 

fdanmqatttn. 

Sinbet  lod! 
2#r  rettet  midEj  toom  Sobe!     (5efct  micfy  iiberl 

70     SanbSmann,  toaS  fyabt  2#r? 

aSertii. 

2Ber  tocrfolgt  gucfy  benn? 
JBaumgarten  oum  $tf*er). 
©ilt,  tilt,  fie  finb  mir  bicfyt  f$on  an  ben  fterfen! 
2)e3  SanbbogtS  SReiter  fommen  fu'nter  mir ; 
3$  bin  ein  TOann  be3  £ob3,  toenn  fie  mi#  greifen. 

SSarum  fcerfolgen  6u#  bie  Jteifigen? 
©aumgarien. 
75     ®rft  rettet  mid),  unb  bann  ftefy'  id)  Gu$  9lebe. 
SSernt. 
3^r  feib  mit  ©tut  beflecft,  foaS  tyat'S  gegeben? 

83auragarten. 
£)e3  JtaiferS  33urgt)ogt,  ber  auf  3tofjberg  fafj — 

ftnottu 
S)er  2Bolfenf$ief*en !    Safet  Qud)  ber  fcerfolgen? 

SBaumgaricn. 
2)er  fd&abet  nid)t  tnefyr,  id)  t)c&'  tyn  erfcfytagen. 

Wit  (fa&reu  juriicf). 

80     ©ott  fei  ®ud)  gnabig!    2Ba3  tyabt  ^x  gettyan? 
V^  SBaumgarten. 

2Ba3  jeber  freie  -Dtann  an  meinem  $lafcl 
SJlein  guteS  £>au3re$t  fyab'  id)  auSgeitbt 


10  IPilljelm   Sell. 

3lm  ©cfycinber  meiner  @I)r'  unb  metneS  SQBeibeS. 

§at  (5ucfy  ber  Surgfcogt  an  ber  @fyr'  gefc^dbigt? 
Saumgartetu 
85     £>afe  er  fein  bo3  ©eluften  ni$t  fcoHbrac^t, 
§at  ©ott  unb  meine  gute  3Tjt  fcerfyittet. 

SBerttt. 

Sfyr  tyabt  ifym  mit  ber  3t^t  ben  Jtotf  jerfyalten? 

£),  Iafct  un§  aKe3  fyoren,  Qfyr  ^6t  3ett, 
33i£  cr  ben  Stafyn  bom  lifer  loSgebunben. 

Saumgartcn. 

90     3$  M*e  §oI§  gefdUt  im  2Balb,  ba  fommt 

•Dtein  SBeib  gelaufen  in  ber  SCngft  be3  £obe3. 

„3)cr  Surgtoogt  Keg'  in  meinem  £>au£,  er  fyab' 

3&r  anbefofylen,'  tfym  ein  33ab  ju  riiften. 

SDrauf  Fjab'  er  Ungebiifyrlicfye§  bon  ifyr 
95     SSerlangt,  fte  fei  entfprungen,  mid?  $u  fucfyen." 

3)  a  lief  icfy  frifdj  fyin^u,  fo  h>te  id)  tear, 

Unb  mit  ber  2fjt  f^ab*  icfy  ifym  '3  Sab  gefegnet. 
SBenti 

3$r  ifyatet  toofyl,  !ein  SJtenfdfj  !ann  Gmcfy  brum  fcfyelten. 

2>er  2BitteridE)!     £>er  fyat  nun  feinen  Sofyn! 
100    Jpat'S  Iang'  fcerbient  um§  SSoIf  t>on  Untertoalben. 

23aumgarien.  ^vo^v. 

£)ie  £fyat  toarb  rucfytbar ;  mtr  toirb  nad^gefe^t —  ^ 
Snbem  toir  foremen —  ®ott — fcerrinnt  bie  3^  — 

((5§  fdiiQt  an  ju  bonncrn.) 


\.  2Iuf3ug.    i  Scene.  11 

$uotu. 

grif$,  gdfyrmann  —  fd^aff'  ben  Siebermann  fyinitber! 

©efyt  ni$t.     @in  fdE)toere§  Ungetoitter  ift" 
105    Sm  2ln5u9-    2$r  mufet  Garten. 
A^vv^-a^*       Saumgarten. 

§eil'ger  ©ott! 
$$  !ann  ni$t  Garten.    %&zx  2luffd^ub  totet — 

^UOtti  (ium  Sifter). 

©reif  an  mit  ©ott!    2)em  9?dcfyften  mufe  man  fyelfen; 
@3  fann  un£  alien  ®Ieid)e§  ja  begegnen. 
(SBraufen  unb  $onnern.) 

2)er  gofyn  ift  lo3,  2#r  fefyt  toie  l)o$  ber  ©ee  gefyt ; 
no   3$  ^ann  ni$t  fteuern  gegen  ©turm  unb  2BeHen. 

S3aumgatten  (umfa&t  feine  Jlniee). 

©0  fyelf  @u$  ©ott,  n>ie  2#r  6u$  mein  erbarmet  — 

ttenri. 
@3  geE?t  um3  Seben.    ©et  barmfyerjig,  $dljrmann! 

1^  XJ^t*  *  $uoni. 

'«  ift  ein  §au§bater  unb  fyat  SBeib  unb  $inberl 

(SBBieber^otte  £)onnerfd)taQe.) 
Rttitt 
2Ba3?    3$  fyab'  au$  ein  Seben  ^u  berlieren, 
115   §ab'  ffieib  unb  $inb  bafyeim,  toie  er  —  ©efyt  fyin, 
SBie'S  branbet,  taric  e$  toogt  unb  -ffiirbel  ^iefyt 
Unb  atte  ffiaffer  aufriifyrt  in  ber  Siefe. 
—  $cfy  toollte  gem  ben  Siebermann  erretten; 
2)o$  e^  ift  rein  unmoglicfy,  3#r  \*ty  felbft. 


12  UH1  ft  elm  (Cell. 

Saumgcrten  (no$  auf  ben  flnieen). 

120   ©o  muft  id)  fallen  in  be3  geinbeS  §anb, 
2)a§  nafye  SiettungSufer  im  ©eficfyte ! 
—  ®ort  liegt'g !     $$  fann'§  erreicfyen  mit  ben  2lugen, 
§inuberbringen  fann  ber  ©timme  ©cfyatt, 
£)a  ift  ber  ftatyn,  ber  micfy  fyiniibertruge, 
i2s   Uni>  muft  ^er  K*Ben/  &tfflo8,  unb  fcerjagen! 
Jtttoni.  VWv-. 

©efyt,  toer  ba  lommt! 

2Benti. 
@S  ift  ber  Sett  au3  Siirglen. 

XtU  mit  ber  SIrmbrufi. 

£ea. 


2Ber  ift  ber  SDIann,  ber  fyter  um  §ilfe  flefyt? 
'3  ift  ein  Slljeller  9Jtann ;  er  fyat  fem'  ©fyr* 


93erteibigt  unb  ben  SBolfenfcfyiefc  erfcfylagen, 
130   2)e3  $onig3  Surgfcogt,  ber  auf  Stofeberg  fafc — 
!De3  SanbfcogtS  better  finb  ifym  auf  ben  ^erfen. 
6r  flefyt  ben  ©differ  um  bie  flberfa^rt; 
2)er  fiird^t't  ft$  fcor  bem  ©turm  unb  toitt  ntd^t  fafyren. 

Rttrti 
SDa  ift  ber  Sett,  er  fiifyrt  ba3  Jtuber  au<$, 
135   SDer  fott  mir'§  &eugen,  ob  bie  gafyrt  &u  toagen. 

XtU. 

2Bo'3  not  tfyut,  gdfyrmann,  Idfet  fi$  atteS  toagen. 

(§eftige  2)onnerfd)lage,  ber  ©ee  raufdjt  auf.) 

fflnobi. 

3$  fott  tnicfy  in  ben  §ottenracfyen  ftiirjen? 
2)a§  t^dte  Iciner,  ber  bei  ©innen  ift. 


33aumgarten  auf  bev  gludjt 


Face  p.  12 


j._2Iuf3ug.    X*  Scent.  13 

XzU. 

SDer  brabe  9Jiann  benft  an  ftcfy  felbft  jule^t. 
140   Sertrau'  auf  ©ott  unb  rette  ben  Sebrdngtenl 

SSom  fid^ern  $ort  lafct  ftcfy'3  gemacfylicfy  raten. 
®a  ift  ber  ftafyn,  unb  bort  ber  ©ee!    SSerfud^fg ! 

XtU. 

2)er  6ee  !ann  ficfy,  ber  Sanbfcogt  nicfyt  erbarmen. 
SSerfud^'  e3,  gafyrmann*! 

$trtcn  unb  ^figcr. 

SRett*  ifyn!   ^1^  tyn!   SRett'  ifyn! 
JHuobi. 

145    ^n*>  tofa'3  twin  Sruber  unb  mein  leiblicfy  $inb, 
@3  !ann  ntd^t  fein ;  1  ift  fyeut'  (Simons  unb  Suba, 
25a  raft  ber  (See  unb  ftntt  fein  Dpfer  fyaben. 

£efl. 
9Jtit  eitler  9iebe  foirb  fyier  nidjtS  gefd&afft ; 
2)ie  ©tunbe  bringt,  bem  5Jtann  tnuf$  §ilfe  toerben. 
150    Spri#,  gafyrmann,  hrittft  bu  fafyren? 

•Jtein,  ,ni$t  i# ! 
ZtU. 

3n  ©otteS  Sftamen  benn!    ©ieb  fyer  ben  Rdfynl 
%d)  toilTS  mit  meiner  fcfytoacfyen  ilraft  fcerfud^en. 

$a,  toacfrer  £eH ! 

>^A       .       SBernL 

SDa§  gteid^t  bem  SEetbgefeHen ! 


14  IPtffjelm  Cell. 

SBaumgarten. 

9Kein  Setter  feib  3fyr  unb  mein  @ngel,  £eH! 

Sea. 

i5j    SBofyl  au3  be3  SSogt^  ©etoalt  errett'  \$  (£u$, 
2lu3  SturmeS  Soten  muft  em  2lnbrer  ^elfen. 
SDodf)  beffer  tfM,  Sfyr  faUt  in  ®otte$  §anb 
2H3  in  ber  2Wcnfc$en! 

C8u  bent  £trten.) 

?anb3mann,  troftet  3fyr 
•JJtein  2Betb,  toenn  mtr  tt>a^  9D?enfc^Iic^e^  begegnet. 
160   %d)  fyab'  getfyan,  toaS  \6)  ni$t  laffen  fonnte. 

(Gr  fprtngt  in  ben  flatyn.) 
5lU0tti  (aum  Sifter). 

3#r  feib  ein  3Weifter  ©teuermann.    2Ba§  fi$ 
£>er  SteU  getraut,  ba§  fonntet  3^r  ntd^t  toagen? 

yfuobi. 

SBofyl  befcre  banner  tfyun'3  bem  SeH  nicfyt  na$, 
@3  giebt  nicfyt  |tam,  ftne  ber  ift,  im  ©ebirge. 

993emt  (ift  auf  ben  ^cI3  geftiegen). 

165    Sr  fto&t  fcfyon  ab.    ©ott  fyelf  btr,  brafcer  ©drummer! 
©iel),  toie  ba3  6$ifflein  auf  ben  SBetten  fd^toanft! 

$U0m  (am  Ufer;. 

2)ie  ftfot  9^*  briiber  toeg  —  $$  fefy'3  ni$t  mefyr. 
SDod^,  fjalt,  ba  ift  e§  toteber!  5lrdftigli$ 
Slrbettet  ft$  ber  2Bacfre  burcfy  bte  93ranbung. 

**. 

170   2)e3  SanbfcogtS  Setter  fommen  angefprengt. 


j.2tuf3iig.    {.Scene.  15 

fluoni. 

SBeifj  ©ott,  fie  fmb'3 !   2)a3  toar  §Uf '  in  ber  Slot. 

©in  £ruw  2anbcnbergifd)er  better. 

(£rfter  Obiter. 

2)en  SJtorber  gebt  fyerau£,  ben  il)r  berborgenl 

Btttitar. 
35  e§  2Beg3  fam  er,  umfonft  fcerfyefylt  tfyr  ityn. 

ftuont  unb  iHuobt. 
2Sen  meint  ifyr,  3ieiter? 

©rfter  OTeitet  (entbedt  ben  Wad&en). 

§a,  toaS  fey  id&!  Seufel! 

aSerni  (o&en). 

l7S   SfW  ber  im  5fta$en,  ben  ifyr  fucfyt?  —  9teit  ju! 
3Benn  ifyr  frifcfy  betlegt,  f;olt  ifyr  tyn  no$  ein. 

3toeiter. 

Sertoflnf^t!  @r  ift  enthrifd&t. 

©tfter  (jum  $irten  unb  ftiffler). 

3&r  fyabt  ifym  fortge^olfem 
3fy*  fottt  un3  biifeen  —  ^attt  in  ifyre  §erbe! 
S)te  §iitte  reifcet  ein,  brennt  unb  fd^tagt  nieber! 

((Silett  fori) 
Se^^t  (ftttrit  na®. 

180  D  meine  Sammer! 

Shtont  (foiQt). 
2Bel?  mir!  meine  igerbe! 

fEBenti. 

SDie  2Biitrid&e! 


16  VOxlttelm  Cell. 

9tU0fct  (ringt  bie  £«nbe). 

©eredEjtigfeit  be3  §immel3! 
SBcmn  U>ttb  ber  better  lommen  biefem  Sanbe? 

(Solflt  tynen.) 


§tpeite    Scene. 

3u  ©tetnen  in  ©d)rot)3.     (Sine  fiinbe  toor  be§  Stauffa#er5  #aufe  an  bet 

Canbftrajje,  nad)ft  ber  23rticfe. 

SBerner  Stauff  a$er,    ^feifer  toon  Cujern 

fomtnen  im  ©efpratfc. 

*feifer. 

3^/  ia/  §err  ©tauffacfyer,  hrie  id)  gu$  fagte. 
©cfytoort  nid^t  ju  £)ftreicfy,  toenn  gfyr'S  fonnt  fcermeiben. 
185    §altet  feft  am  9teid)  unb  toadfer,  h)ie  bisfyer. 
©ott  fctyirme  Sucfy  bei  Surer  alten  greifyeit! 

(Isriicft  i&m  Ijerjlidfc  bie  £anb  unb  win  ge^en.) 

Stauffadjcr. 
©leibt  bocfy,  bi§  meine  SBiriin  lommt  —  3#r  feib 
SJlein  ©aft  ju  (2djft%  t$  in  Sujern  ber  Sure, 

$fcifer- 

SSxel  2)anl!   SWufc  fyeute  ©erfau  nocfy  erreid^en. 
190   —  2Ba§  3$r  au$  ©cfytoereS  mogt  ju  leiben  fyaben 
3Son  (Surer  Sogte  ©eij  unb  tlbermut,     4—-^ 
Stragt'3  in  ©ebulb!   63  fann  ftcfy  anbern,  fcfyneH, 
©in  anbrer  $aifer  !ann  an§  Jletcfy  gelangen. 
©eib  2#r  erft  SDfterreid^,   feib  $i)v$  auf  immer. 

(§r  ge^t  ob.    ©tauffadjer  fet^t  ftd)  fummerttoE  auf  eitte  SBanf  unter 

ber  Sinbe*    ©0  finbet  ilnx  ©ertrub,  feine  grau,   bie  ftd)  iteben 

ifyn  ftcllt  unb  ifyn  eine  3e^  *an9  fc^n^etgenb  betradjtet. 


{.  21  uf 3 ug.    2.  Scene,  17 

©ertntb. 

195    ©0  ernft,   mem  greunb?   3$  fwnz  bid)  nicfyt  mefyr. 

©$on  inele  £age  fefy?  icfy'g  fd^it>eigenb  an, 

2Bie  finftrer  Stubfinn  beine  ©time  furcfyt. 

2tuf  beinem  §er§en  briicft  ein  fttH  ©ebreften; 

SSertrau'  eg  tnir;  icfy  bin  bein  treueg  23eib, 
200   Unb  meine  §alfte  forbr'  \<fy  beineg  ©ramg. 

(©tcmffudjer  reic^t  iljr  bie  £anb  unb  f^roeigt.)    * 

2Bag  fann  bein  §er§  beflemmen,  fag*  eg  mir. 
©efegnet  ift  bein  gteife,  bein  ©lucfgftanb  bliifyt, 
SSoU  finb  bie  ©cfyeunen,  unb  ber  Jiinber  ©cfyaren, 
®er  glatten  $ferbe  toofylgenafyrte  3U$* 

205    5ft  ^on  ^en  33er9en  Qliitflirf)  fyeimgebra^t 
3ur  2Bmterung  in  ben  bequemen  ©taHen. 
—  2)a  ftefyt  bein  §aug,  reicfy  toie  ein  Sbelfi£ ; 
SSon  fcfyonem  6tammI;oI§  ift  eg  neu  gejimmert 
Unb  nacfy   bem  SJicfytmafc  orbentlicfy  gefiigt; 

«io    SSon  Dtelert  genftern  gldn^t  eg  toofynticfy,  fyell; 
9Kit  bunten  2Bappenfc$ilbem  ift'g  bemalt 
Unb  toeifen  ©priicfyen,   bie  ber  SBanbergmann 
$ertoeilenb  lieft  unb  tfyren  ©inn  betounbert. 

Stauffadjer. 
2Bofyl  ftefyt  bag  §aug  gejimmert  unb  gefiigt, 

215    35o$,  aty  —  eg  toanft  ber  ©runb,  auf  bem  toir  bauten. 

®ertrufc. 

3Jtein  SBemer,  fage,  tote  berftefyft  bu  bag? 

©tauffatfyer. 
SSor  biefer  Sinbe  fa§  i$  jungft  toie  fyeut', 
S)ag  fcfyon  SSoEbrad^te  freubig  iiberbenfenb, 
®a  fam  bafyer  t>on  $u£na$t,   feiner  Surg, 
220    2)er  2Sogt  mit  feinen  Seifigen  geritten. 


18  rOi Helm  Cell. 

SSor  biefem  igaufe  fyielt  er  tounbemb  an; 
2)o$  id)  erfyob  mi$  fc^nett,  unb  untertoiirfig, 
3Bte  ftcfy'3  gebiifyrt,  trat  MB  bem  £errn  entgegen, 
2)er  un3  be3  ®aifer§  ridE)terlitf>e  9Ra$t 

225    Sorftettt  im  Sanbe.    „2Befjen  ift  bie3  §au§?" 
ftragt'  er  bo£meinenb,   benn  er  roufct'  e§  roofyl. 
2)o$  fcfyneH  befonnen  idfj  entgegn'  ifym  fo: 
„$)ieg  §au3,  §err  SSogt,  ift  meineg  §errn  be§  Saifer$, 
Unb  @ure3  unb  mein  Sefyen"  —  SDa  fcerfetjt  er : 

230    ,,3$  bin  Regent  im  Sanb  an  SatferS  Statt 
Unb  mill  nicfyt,  baft  ber  Sauer  §aufer  baue 
3luf  feine  eigne  §anb  unb  alfo  fret 
Jptnleb',  aU  ob   er  §err  mar'  in  bem  Sanbe; 
3$  roerb'  mid?  unterftefyn,   (Sucfy  ba§  ju  roefyren." 

235    ®ie§  fagenb,   ritt  er  tru^iglicfy  fcon  bannen, 
3$  aber  blieb  mit  fummertooHer  ©eete, 
2)a3  SBort  bebenfenb,  ba§  ber  335fe  fpra$. 

©ertrub. 

Sttein  lieber  §err  unb  gfyeroirt!   SMagft  bu 
@in  reblid^  2Bort  bon  beinem  SBeib  bernefymen? 

240   £)e§  ebeln  $berg3  Softer  riifym'  i$  mtcfy, 

3)e3  fctelerfafyrnen  3Jiann§.    Sir  Sd^roeftern  faften, 
2)ie  2BoHe  fyinnenb,   in  ben  langen  9tacfyten, 
SBenn  bei  bem  23ater  fi$  be§  33ol!e§  §aupter 
33erfammelten,  bie  ^ergamente  Iafen 

245   3)er  alten  £aifer,  unb  be3  SanbeS  2Bofyl 
Ojf^A^     Sebacfyten  in  fcernimftigem  ©efyracfy. 

2lufmerfenb  ^ort'  idf)  ba  mancfy  ftugeS  SBort, 
28a§  ber  aSerftdnb'ge  benft,  ber  (3uti  uninfect, 
Unb  [till  im  §er^en  fyab'  icfy  mir'3  bema^rt. 

250  ©0  fyore  benn  unb  a$t'  auf  meine  9tebe ! 


\.  2luf3ug.    2.  Scene*  19 

2)enn,  toa§  btd^  prefete,  fiefy,  ba§  tt)u^t'  icfy  langft. 

—  ©ir'grollt  ber  Sanbfcogt,  mocfyte  gem  bir  fcfyaben, 
SDenn  bu  bift  ifym  ein  §inberm3,  bafc  ftdfj 

3)er  ©d^tu^jer  nicfyt  bem  neuen  gfiirftentyauS 
255   2SiH  untertoerfen,  fonbern  treu  unb  feft 
33eim  SReid^  6'efyarren,  toie  bie  toiirbigen 
2Htt>orbern  e3  gefyalten  unb  getfyan, — 
Sft'S  nid^t  fo,  -Ekrner?    ©ag'  e3,  toenn  icfy  luge! 
Stauffad|er. 
©0  ift'3,  ba§  ift  be§  ©efclerS  ©roll  auf  mid^. 
©ertrub, 
260   6r  ift  bir  neibifdEj,  toeil  bu  gliicflicfy  toofynft, 
6in  freier  SDtann  auf  beinem  eignen  6rb' 

—  3)enn  er  fyat  feinS.    3Som  $aifer  felbft  unb  3teicfy 
i£ragft  bu  bie§  §au3  511  Sefyn;   bu  barfft  e3  jeigen, 
©0  gut  ber  9ietcfy§furft  feine  Sanber  ^eigt; 

265   Qtrin  iiber  bir  erfennft  bu  feinen  §errn 
2113  nur  ben  §ocfyften  in  ber  @fyriftenl)ett  — 
@r  ift  ein  jiingrer  ©ofyn  nur  feineS  §aufe3, 
9ti$t3  nennt  er  fein  ate  feinen  9tittermantel ; 
£)rum  fiefyt  er  jebeS  33iebermanne£  ©liicf 
270   9Kit  fc^eelen  Slugen  gift'ger  9Kifcgunft  an. 

3)ir  fyat  er  Idngft  ben  Untergang  gefcfytooren — 
9io$  ftefyft  bu  unfcerfefyrt —  SBillft  bu  ertoarten, 
33i3  er  bie  bofe  Suft  an  bir  gebti|t? 
|  2)er  Huge  SWann  baut  fcor. 

©tauffaefjer. 

2Ba3  ift  &u  tfyun? 

©ertrttb  (tritt  ticker). 

275    ©0  I)ore  meinen  Sat !   2)u  toeifct,  toie  fyier 
3u  ©$to%  fi$  ade  Seblicfyen  bellagen 


^ 


20  IP i Helm  (Cell. 

Db  biefeS  £anbfc>ogt§  ©ei§  unb  2Biiterei. 

©o  gtoeifle  nid^t,  baft  fie  bort  briiben  auc$ 

3n  Untertoalben  unb  im  Urner  Sanb  , ^^i^p^iK. 

280   £>e3  £range3  miib'  finb  unb  beg  fyarten  3o$3  — " 
®enn  tr>te  ber  ©eftler  fyier,  fo  fcfyafft  e§  frecfy 
£)er  Sanbenberger  briiben  iiberm  ©ee  — 
@3  lommt  lein  gifefyerfafyn  gu  iml  fyeriiber, 
SDer  nicfyt  ein  neueg  Unveil  unb  ©exalts  t 

285    SBeginnen  Don  ben  SSogten  un§  fcerfiinbet. 
SDrum  tfyat'  e3  gut,  baft  euer  etlicfye, 
SDie'3  reblicfy  meinen,  (till  ju  Jtate  gingen, 
2Bie  man  be§  ®rucf3  ft$  mod&tf  erlebtgen; 
©0  acfyt'  i$  toofyl,  ©ott  tourb'  eucfy  ni$t  berlafje* 

290   Unb  ber  gerecfyten  ©acfye  gndbig  fein  — 
£>aft  bu  in  Uri  fetnen  ©aftfreunb,  fyri$, 
5Dem  bu  bein  §er$  magft  reblicfy  offenbaren? 

s 
Stauffadjer. 

2)er  toatfern  banner  fenn'  icfy  t>iele  bort 
Unb  angefefyen  grofce  §errenleute, 

295    2)te  mir  gefyeim  finb  unb  gar  roofyl  fcertraut. 
(dr  jle^t  auf.) 
$rau,  toelcfyen  ©turm  gefdfyrlid;er  ©eban!en 
SBecfft  bu  mir  in  ber  fttffen  Sruft!    9Jtein  ^nnerfteS 
$el)rft  bu  an$  2i$t  be3  £age§  mir  entgegen, 
Unb  toa3  i$  mir  ju  benfen  fiitt  fcerbot, 

300    J)u  fpridfyft'3  mit  leister  3un9e  tedtlid^  au3. 

—  §>aft  bu  aucfy  tt>o^I  bebacfyt,  roa§  bu  mir  rdtft  ? 
SDie  hnlbe  gtoietracfyt  unb  ben  $Iang  ber  2Baffen 
JKufft  bu  in  biefeg  friebgetooI)nte  %fyal  — 
2Bir  toagten  eg,  ein  fd;toa$e§  3SoIf  ber  £>irten, 

305    3n  Jtotyf  &u  9^n  mit  bem  §errn  ber  2Belt? 


> 


I  2luf3ug.    2.  Scene.  21 

3)er  gute  ©cfyein  nur  i[t%  toorauf  fte  toarten, 
Urn  lo^ulaffen  auf  bieg  arme  £anb 

SDie  toilben  §orben  ifyrer  tfrteflegmad^t,       ia*Xc**s  P%^*» 
Sarin  ju  flatten  mit  beg  (Sieger^  ffitfyttn    \ 
310    Unb  unterm  ©$ein  gerec^ter  ^u^tiflung  p>:- 
£)ie  alien  greifyeitgbriefe  ju  fceriilflen. 

©ertrub. 

2#r  feib  and)  Wanner,  toiffet  eure  Sl^ct 

3u  fityren,   unb  bem  Wutiflen  fcilft  ©ott !     r'*i**-*^ 

etauffadjer-  y*^ 

D  ffieib!   gin  furcr)tbar  toiitenb  ©cfyreefnig  ift   ' 
315  35er  £riefl ;  bie  §erbe  fcfylaflt  er  unb  ben  §irten. 
©erirub/^ 
grtraflen  rnufc  man,  toag  ber  §immel  fenbet; 
UnbiHicjeg  ertracjt  lein   ebleg  §er$. 
w^w^-^       \     .-    stauffadjer. 
SDteg  §aug  erfreut  bt$,  bag  toir  mn  erbauten. 
2)er  Slrieg,  ber  unflefyeure,   brenni  eg  nieber. 

©ertrub*  ir  ^yuAfViJ?. 

320    SBfijjt'  t$  mein  §er^  an  jeitlicfy  ©ut  flefeffelt, 
Sen  93ranb  toarf  i<$  fyinein  mit  eigner  §anb. 

Stauffadjer, 
S)u  fllaubft  an  2Renfc§Ud&Ieit !   @g  fd&ont  ber  Slrieg 
2Iu$  ni$t  bag  garte  $inblein  in  ber  SBiege. 

t  ©ertrub. 

2)ie  Unfcr)ulb   fyat  im  §immel  einen  greunb! 
325    —  ©iefy  fcortoartg,   SBerner,   unb  nid^t  Winter  bi$! 

©tauffadjer* 

2Bir  Wanner  fonnen  tapfer  fecr)tenb  fterben; 


22  rDtlfj elm  Cell. 

2BeI$  ©cfytcffal  aber  it>trb  ba3  eure  fein? 

2)te  le£te  SSafyt  ftefyt  au$  bem  ©cfytoacfyften  offen, 
(gin   ©prung  fcon  biefer  33riicfe  mad)t  mtd^   fret. 

©tattffarfjer  (ftiirjt  in  i§re  Sirme). 

330    2Ber  foI$   etn  §er§   ap  fetnen   Sufen  bruit, 

SDer  lann  fur  §erb  unb  §of  mtt  greuben  fed^ten, 
Unb  feineS  $omg§  §>eermatf)t  furd^tet  er  —       c&\a>%** 
•    9fa$   Uri  fal)r'  t$   ftebnben  $ufee3   gletcfy, 
2)ort  lebt   etn  ©aftfreunb  mtr,   £>err  SBaltfyer  gurft, 

335    2)er  itber  biefe  3eiten  ^cn^  *W  i$.     s^l^jl^^  j,  £*>— 
2lud^   ftnb*  tcfy  bort  ben  ebeln  33annerfyerrn 
3Son  2lttingfyau£  —  obgleicfy   Don  fyofyem  ©tamm,  f-^*" 
Stebt  er  ba§  §Bol!  unb  efyrt  bie  alten  ©itten.    dx  Q^U 
9fttt  tfynen  beiben  ^fleg*   id)   9tat§,   tuie  man 

340    2)er  2anbe§feinbe  mutig  ftcfy   ertoefyrt — 

Seb  toofyl  —  unb,   toeil  \§  fern  bin,   ftifyre  bu 
9Kit  flugem   ©inn  ba§  Regiment  be3  §aufe§  — 
$)em  ^tlger,   ber  &um   ©ottesfyaufe  toattt, 
SDem  frommen  Wonty,    ber  fiir  fein  Klofter  fammelt, 

345   ©ieb  retcfylicfy  unb   entlaft  tfm  roofylgepflegt. 

©tauffa$er»  §au§  feerbirgt  ftcfy  nicfyt.    3U   aufeerft 
2lm  offnen  £>eertoeg  ftefyt'8,   ein  VDtrttid^   £>a$ 
giir  aEe  2Banbrer,   bie   be£  2Bege§  fafyren. 

Snbem  fie  nad)  bent  .frtnterQrunb  abgetjen,   tritt  2Bili>eIm  Sell   tnit 
SBaumgarten  toorn  auf  bie  Scene. 

XtU  (8u  23aumgarten). 

3$r  fyabt  je$t  meiner  wetter  nicfyt  bonnoten. 
350    3"  icnem  §aufe  gefyet  ein;  bort  toofynt 


(•  2Iuf3ug.    3.  Scene.  23 

Set  ©tauffacfyer,  ein  SSater  ber  Sebrangten. 

—  $0$  fiefy,  ba  ift  er  f etber  —  gfolgt  mir,  lommt ! 

(©etyen  auf  i§n  ju;  bte  ©cene  rerwanbelt  fidj.) 


Dritte  Scene* 

Offentlic^cr  <ptafc  bet  Stltorf. 

Sluf  einer  Stnljolje  int  §intergrunb  fteljt  man  cine  gefte  bauen,  roeldje 
fdjon  fo  toeit  gebteljen,  bag  ftcf)  bte  gorm  beS  ©angcn  barftellt  3)ie 
Ijintere  ©eitetft  fertig,  an  ber  Dorbern  rotrb  ebon  gebaut,  ba$  ®eriijte 
pc^t  nod),  an  roeldjem  bic  SSerfteute  anf  unb  nicber  ftetgen ;  anf 
bent  f)od)ften  2)aa^  Ijangt  ber  ©d)icferbedfer  —  2IKeS  ift  in  SBetoegung 
nnb  Arbeit, 
gron&ogt  9W c t ft c r  ©teinnte^.  ©efctten  unb 
§anblanger. 

JJrontJogt 

(tntt  bem  Stabe,  treibt  bte  Wrbeiter). 
yixtyt  lang'  gefeiert,  frtfcfy !  3Me  2Jiauerfteine 
§erbei,  ben  i?ctlf,  ben  SJtortel  &ugefafyren ! 
355    2Benn  ber  §err  Sanbfcogt  lommt,  ba|  er  ba£  2Berf 
©eroacfyfen  fiefyt  —  ®a§  fdjlenbert  wie  bte  ©cfynecfen. 

C8u  3h)ct  £anbtangern,   foeldje  tragen.) 

§eifct  bag  gelaben?   ©lei$  ba§  ffio^elte ! 
2Bie  bte  £agbiebe  ifyre  SpfKcfyt  beftefylen! 

Grfter  (Befell. 
2)a§  ift  bod^  fyart,  baft  mir  bie  ©teine  felbft 
360   3U  unferm  £roing  unb  Verier  foEen  fafyren! 
gfrontoogt. 
2Ba3  murret  tyr?  2)a3  ift  ein  f^Ied&teS  Soil, 


24  ZDtlfielm  (Cell. 

3u  ni$t§  anfteEig,  ate  bag  33iefy  $u  melfen 
Unb  faul  fyerum  gu  fcfylenbern  auf  ben  33ergen. 

Sttter  2ttatm  (ru&t  aus). 
3$  lann  nicfyt  mefyr. 

JJrOtttHJgt  (f^iittelt  i$n). 

grifcfc,  alter,  an  bie  SIrbeit! 
©rfter  ©efett.     .f^f*^ 

365    §abt  3$t  benn  gar  Icin  ©ingetreib',  bafc  3&* 
SDen  ©rete,  ber  laum  ftcfy  felber  fc^leppen  fann, 
3um  fatten  gronbienft  treibt? 

2Rcifter  ©teumte^  unb  ©efeflen. 

'J  ift  fyimmelf cfyreienb  I 
Srotrtogf. 

<Sorgt  ifyr  fiir  eu$;  icfy  ifyu',  toaS  meineS  2tmi3. 

3mcitcr  ©cfefl* 
gtonfcogt,  toie  toirb  bie  gfefte  benn  ft$  nennen, 
370    $ie  fair  ba  baun? 

Sfnrattogt. 

3  to  in  g  Uri  foil  fie  fyeifeen; 
3)enn  unter  biefeS  3°$  hnrb  man  eu$  beugen. 

©efettcit. 

3toing  Uri! 

gfrotttoogt. 

9iun,  h>a§  gtebt'3  babei  311  lad^en? 
3tt>eiter  @efell, 
•Kit  biefem  §au§Iein  toottt  3fy*  Uri  ^toingen? 

(Srfter  ©efeu\        ^Jp 
Safe  fefyn,  lute  biel  man  folder  9ftaultourf3fyaufen 
375   5Ku|  iiber  'nanber  fe^en,  bis  ein  23erg 


\.  21  uf  3  ug.    3.  5  cent.  25 

2)rau§  toirb,   ftne  ber  geringfte  nur  in  Urt! 

(£$front>ogt  gel)t  natf)  bent  ,£>tntergrunb.) 

2tteifter  ©teinme*?. 

$)en  jammer  toerf  idj  in  ben  tiefften  ©ee, 
$)er  mir  gebient  bet  biefem  glucfygebaube! 
%  e  1 1  unb  ©tauffad&er  fommen. 

6tauffatf|er* 

D,  fyatf  icfy  nie  gelebt,  urn  ba£  ^u  flatten! 

ZtU. 

380    §ier  ift  ni$t  gut  fein.    Safet  un£  better  gefyn. 

Stauffadjer. 

SBin  i$  ju  Uri,  in  ber  $reifyeit  2anb? 

2fteifter  ©teutme^. 

D  §err,  toenn  £#r  We  teller  crft  gefefyn 
Unlet  ben  £urmen!    ga,  toer  bie  betoofynt, 
2)er  toirb  ben  §afyn  ni$t  fiirber  Ird^en  fyoren. 

©tauffadjer. 
385    D  ©ott! 

©efyt  biefe  glanfen,  biefe  ©trebepfeiler, 
2)ie  ftefyn,  toie  fur  bie  ©ftrigleit  gebaut! 

Sett. 

28a§  §dnbe  bauten,  !onnen  §dnbe  ftiir^en. 

0Ra#  ben  S9ergen  jetgenb.) 

2)a3  Qau%  ber  greifyeit  I)at  un3  ©ott  gegriinbet. 

Sttan  f)5rt  etne  trommel,  e§  fommen  Ceute,  bie  etnen  £ut  auf  etner  Stange 
tragen,  etn  9lu8rufer  folgt  ifynen,  2Beiber  unb  tfinber  bringen  tumuU 
tuarijd)   na#. 


26  EHItjelm  Cell, 

(Srftcr  ©cfcE. 
390    2Bag  toiU  bte  trommel?   ©ebet  a$tl 

3Keiftcr  Steinme*?. 

2Ba3  fur 
6tn  gaftnacfytSauf&ug,  unb  toa$  fott  ber  §ut? 

5lu3ruf  tvjA**/*0^ 
^n  beg  SaiferS  Sftamen!    §oret! 
©cfeKctu 

©till  bo# !    §orct ! 
9lu#nifer. 

Sfyr  fel)et  btefen  §ut,  -JKanner  Don  Uri! 
SJufric^ten  toirb  man  ifyn  auf  I)oI)er  ©aule, 

395    Sftitten  in  Slltorf,  an  bem  fyocfyften  Drt, 

Unb  biefeS  ift  be§  £anbfcogt§  2BiIT  unb  SWeimmg: 
2)em  §ut  foil  gletcfye  (Sfyre  n>te  tfym  felbft  gefcl^e^tu 
3Jlan  foil  ifyn  mtt  gebognem  $nie  unb  mit 
(Sntblofctem  §aupt  berefyren  —  2)aran  toill 

400   SDer  $onig  bte  ©efyorfamen  erfennen. 
23erfaEen  ift  mit  feinem  £eib  unb  &ut 
3)em  $onige,  toer  ba§  ©ebot  beracfytet. 

($)a§  Soil  Ia$t  Iaut  auf,  bte  trommel  toirb  gerufyrt,  fte  getyett 
tooriiber.) 

(Srfter  ®efeH. 

9BeI$  neue3  UnerfyorteS  fyat  ber  S3ogt 
©i$  au£gefonnen!      2Bir  'nen  $ut  fcerefyren! 
405    ©agt!  §at  man  je  bernommen  bon  bergletd^en? 

3fteifter  Stemmed. 

2Bir  unfre  $niee  beugen  einem  §ut! 

Sfcreibt  er  fein  ©ptel  mtt  ernftfyaft  tourb'gen  Seuten? 


J.  21  uf 3 ug.    5.  Scene.  27 

<$rfter  ®efett. 

S5?ar'«  no$  bie  faiferlid^e  $ron' !     ©o  ift'3 
S)er  §ut  bon  Dfterret$ ;  i<$  fafy  ifyn  fyangen 
410    ttber  bem  Sfyron,  too  man  bie  Sefyen  giebt! 

Shifter  Steinme^. 

®er  §ut  bon  Dfterreicfy !     ®tht  afyt,  e3  ift 
©in  gaQftricf,  un3  an  Dftreicfy  ^u  berraten! 

(Sefetten.    ^.        ^u    ^X^ 
$ein  (Sfyrenmann  toirb  ftcfy  ber  (Scfymaaj  bequemen. 

2ftetfter  (Stemmed     £„  .*— *— ^    t^w*-*^ 
$ommt,  lafct  un3  mit  ben  anbern  2lbreb'  nefymen. 

(Sie  gefjen  ncufc  ber  Xiefe.) 
£eff  (jum  ©tauffad&er). 

415    3i)t  toiffet nun^gefc^eib.    £ebt  toofyl,  §err  SBerner! 
^  vfetauffadjer. 

2Bo  tootlt  S^r  tyin?    D,  eilt  nid^t  fo  Don  bannen! 

Sett. 
2Rein  §au3  entbefyrt  beg  23ater3.    Sebet  toofyl! 

;)  ^  (©tauffarfjer. 

9ftir  ift  ba§  §erj  fo  boll,  mit  @u$  &u  reben. 

Xefl. 
2)a3  fcfytoere  §erj  toirb  nicfyt  bur$  3Borte  lei$t. 
Siauffadjer. 
420   $0$  fonnten  SBorte  un3  $u  Sfyaten  fiifyren. 

£ea. 

3Me  ein^ge  £fyat  ift  je$t  ©ebulb  unb  Scfytoeigen. 

etauffadjer. 
(Soil  man  ertragen,  toa§  unleiblid?  ift? 


28  IDtltielm  Cell. 

2)ie  fcfyneHen  £errf$er  ftnb'3,  bie  furj  regieren. 

—  2Benn  fid§>  ber  $ofyn  erfyebt  au3  feinen  ©cfyliinben, 
425    2of$t  man  bie  $euer  au$,  bie  ©cfyiffe  fucfyen    xA^^^^ 

@i(enb§  ben  §afen,  unb  ber  macfyt'ge  ©eift 

©efyt  ofyne  ©cfyaben  fyurloS  iiber  bie  ©rb^,^ 
n  J  6in  jeber  lebe  ftiU  bet  ficfy  bafyeim ; 

35em  gfrieblicfyen  getoafyrt  man  gem  ben  grieben. 

(Stauffatfjer. 

430   9Jteint  ^r? 

Die  ©flange  ftid&t  nid&t  ungerei&t. 
©ie  toerben  enblicfy  bocfy  toon  felbft  ermiiben, 
2Benn  fie  bie  Sanbe  rufyig  bleiben  fefyn. 

(Stauffac^er. 
2Bir  lonnten  Die!,  toenn  fair  jufammen  ftimben. 

Sett. 
23eim  ©d^iffbrud^  fyilft  ber  ©inline  fi$  leister, 

435    ©0  fait  t>erla§t  $f)r  bie  gemeine  ©a$e? 

ZtU. 
gin  jeber  gafylt  nur  ftcfyer  ;auf  fid;  felbft. 

<5tauffa#er. 
SSerbunb.en  toerben  au$  bie  ©dfytoacfyen  macfytig. 

2)er  ©tar!e  ift  am  macfytigften  allein. 

Siauffadjer. 
©0  fann  ba3  23aterlant>  auf  ®ud)  nicfyt  ^d^Ien, 
440    2Benn  e3  fcer^tociflungSfcoll  jur  -Kottoefyr  greift? 

1   ,*/U**Ua 


\.  21uf3ug.    3.  Scene.  29 

£ett  (giebt  itjm  bic  £anb). 

2)er  5£eIT  fyolt  ein  fcerlorneS  Samm  fcom  Slbgrunb  ^c^U^^^ , 
Unb  foHte  feinen  greunben  fid§>  entjiefyen?  --^Mx^r 
2)0$,  toa£  ifyr  tfyut,  lafet  midj  au§  eurem  Slat, 
3d;  lann  nic^t  lange  priifen  ober  tt>d^Ien ;  k*v~*^  ^ 
445    Sebiirft  il)r  meiner  ju  beftimmter  £fyat, 

2)ann  ruft  ben  £eH,  e3  foH  an  mir  nicfyt  fefylen. 

(®ef)en  ab   311  berfcfytebenen  Setten.     (Sin  ptofctidjer  Wuflauf  entfletjt  urn 
t>a%  ©erufte.) 

2Jietfter  Stemmed  (eta&tn). 

2Ba3  fliebt'«? 

(grfter  ©efett  (fommt  oor,  rufenb). 

®er  ©c^ieferbecfer  ift  bom  ®acfy  geftiir^t. 
SBerttja  mit  ©efolge. 
Sert^a  (ftttrjt  herein). 

3ft  er  jerf d^mettert  ?   dimnzt,  rettet,  fyelft — 
450    2Benn  igilfe  moglicfy,  rettet,  fyier  ift  ©olb  —  - 

(2Birft  il)r  ©efcfcmeibe  untcr  t>a$  SSolt.) 

3tteifter. 

3Mit  ©urern  ©olbe  —  SlHeS  ift  @u$  feil 
Urn  ©olb;  toenn  3^r  ben  SSater  fcon  ben  Sinbem 
©eriffen  unb  ben  Warm  toon  feinem  SBeibe, 
Unb  3ammer  &<*&*  gebracfyt  ttber  bie  2Belt, 
455    ®enlt  g$r'3  mit  ©olbe  §u  fcergiiten  —  ©efyt ! 
2Bir  toaren  frofye  SJknfcfyen,  e^  3^r  *amt; 
3Kit  @ud)  ift  bie  $er*to^ung  einge^ogen. 

JBert^d   (ju  bcm  gromjoatj  ber  juriidtfommt). 

Ztht  er? 

(f5front)0Qt  Qtebt  ein  #eut)en  be§  ©egenteilS.) 


30  lDUi?eim   (Tell. 

D  unglitcffePgeS  ©d^ 
©rbaut,  unb  gliid^e  toerben  bid)  betoofynen ! 


D  unglitdffePgeS  ©cfyloft,  mit  gluten       * 


(®e$t  ab.) 


XJterte  Scene , 
SBattfjer  gitrfts  SBofntung. 

SBaltfyergiirft  unb  21  r  n  o  t  b  D  o  m  9ft  e  1  cf)  1 1)  a  f  tretcn  gugleid) 
ein  Don  Derfdjiebenen  @eiten. 

•teWfttf, 

46o    §err  SBaltfyer  giirfi  — 

SSal^er  gfftrf*. 

28enn  man  un§  iiberraf$te! 
Sleibt,  too  3$t  f^«     3B^r  f™b  umringt  Don  ©pdfyern. 

Sringt  3$r  mir  nt$t3  Don  Untertoalben  ?  nidE)tS 
SSon  nteinem  33ater?  -Jiicfyt  ertrag'  icfy'3  langer, 
2118  ein  ©efangner  miifcig  ^>ier  ju  Itegen. 

465    2Ba§  fyab'  i$  benn  fo  <Strdflid^e§  getfyan, 
Urn  mi$  gleicfy  einem  SRorber  ju  berbergen? 
2)em  frecfyen  33uben,  ber  bie  Deafen  mir, 
2)a§  trefflicfyfte  ©efyann,  Dor  meinen  Slugen 
2Beg  toollte  treiben  auf  be3  33ogt§  ©efyeifc, 

470    §ab'  icfy  ben  finger  mit  bem  Btah  gebrocfyen. 
SBaltljer  gurft* 
3#r  fetb  ^u  raf$.     SDer  33ube  toar  be£  23ogtS; 
33on  (Surer  Dbrigfeit  toar  er  gefenbet. 
2#r  toart  in  ©fraf  gefaEen,  mufctet  @u$, 
2Bie  fd^toer  fie  toar,  ber  33uf$e  fcfytoeigenb  fiigen. 

A 


I  2Juf3ug.    <*.  Scent.  31 

475    @rtragen  fottt'  id)  bic  leic&tferfge  Sebe 

3)e3  Unfcerfcfydmten :    „28enn  ber  Sauer  23rob 
2Bottf  effen,  mog'  er  felbft  am  $fluge  aiefyn!" 
$n  bie  ©eele  fcfynitt  mir%  al§  ber  Sub  bie  Dcfyfen, 
3Jt<  fcfyonen  £iere,  fcon  bem  ^fluge  tyannte; 

480    2)um!pf  briittten  fie,  al3  fatten  fie  ©efiifyl 
2)er  Ungemifr^,  unb  ftiefcen  mit  ben  foment; 
®a  iibernafym  mid)  ber  gered)te  ,3orrt' 
Unb  meiner  felbft  mdjt  §err,  f$lug  id)  ben  Soten. 

aSoltftcr  fturft- 
D,  faum  begroingen  hrir  ba3  eigne  §er^ ; 

485    2Bie  foil  bie  rafctye  S"9en^  P^  be^d^men! 

9Jtt$  jammert  nur  ber  SSater  —  Sr  bebarf 
©0  fefyr  ber  ^ftege,  unb  fein  (SoEm  ift  fern. 
$)er  SSogt  ift  if)m  gefydffig,  tt>eil  er  ftets 
%ixx  SKecfyt  unb  $reibett  reblidf)  I)at  geftritten. 
490   ®rum  roerben  fie  ben  alten  9TOann  bebrdngen, 
Unb  niemanb  ift,  ber  ifyn  Dor  Unglimpf  \d)ii$t. 
—  SBerbe  mit  mir,  roa3  mitt,  id)  mufc  fyiniiber. 

Salter  gfftrfl. 

©rroartet  nur  unb  faftt  @ud)  in  ©ebulb, 
33i3  9tad)rid)t  un§  fyeriiberfommt  bom  2BaIbe. 
495   —  34  fy^re  Hopfen,  gefjt  —  33iellei$t  ein  33ote 
$om  Sanbbogt  —  ©eF>t  fyinein  —  3#r  feib  in  Uri 
;Jiid)t  fid)er  fcor  be3  2anbenberger§  9lrm; 
Qtrm  bie  Styrannen  reicfyen  ficfy  bie  §dnbe. 

WltWW. 

©ie  le^ren  \m%,  roa$  roir  tfyun  fottten. 


32  H>  tilt  elm  (Cell. 

SBaltfjcr  8f§rff. 

©e^t! 

500    3$  ruf  ®u$  roieber,  roenn'3  fyier  fid^er  ift. 
(9Jletd)tt)at  gef)t  fytnetn.) 
2)er  Ungliicffeltge,   idfj  barf  tfym  nicfyt 
©eftefyen,  toaS  mir  93ofe3  fd&roant  — 98er  Ilotft? 
©0  oft  bie  Satire  rciufd^t,   ertoart'  id)  Ungludf. 
SSerrat  unb  Strgtoofyn  laufcfyt  in  alien  (Scfen; 

505    33i3  in  ba§  ^nnerfte  ber  §aufer  bringen 
3)ie  33oten  ber  ©etoalt;  balb  tfyat'   e3  not, 
2Bir  fatten   Scfyloft  unb  Jliegel   an  ben  Sfyiiren. 

(@r  fiffnet  unb  tritt  erftaunt  gurud ,  ha  SBcrncr  @  t  a  u  f  f  a  d)  n 
^ereitttrttt.) 

2Ba3  f#  id)?    3^r,  §err  SBerner!    Stun,  bet  ©ott! 
(Sin  roerter,  teurer  ©aft  —  $ein  bearer  SRann 
510  -3ft  itber  biefe  ©cfytoeEe  nod;  gegansen. 
©etb  I)odf)  roiUfommen  unter  meinem  £)acfy ! 
2Ba$  fityri  @ucfy   fyer?  2Ba3  fucfyt  ^x  ijxtx  in  Uri? 

©tailffadjer  (i$m  bie  £cmb  reid&enb). 

SDie  alten  3e^en  un^  ^e  a^e  ©cfyroeia. 
SSaityer  prft. 

2)ie  bringt  g^r  mit  (£u$ —  ©iefy,  mir  roirb  fo  toofyl, 
515   Sffiarm  gel)t  ba3  §er§  mir  auf  Bet  @urem  2tnblicf. 

—  ©e£t  @u$,  £>err  SBerner  —  2Bie  t>erltefeet  2$r 

grau  ©ertrub,  (Sure  angenefyme  2Birtin, 

5De3  roetfen  3berg§  I)od)t>erftanb'ge  Stouter? 

SSon  aHen  SSanbrem  au3  bem  beutfcfyen  Sanb, 
520    SDie  iiber  3D^inrab§  £tft  nad)  2BeIf$Ianb  fafyren, 

9tiil)mt  jeber  6uer  gaftlicfy  §au3 —  £)ocfy  fagt, 

Sommt  ^br  fo  eben  frifcfy  Don  gliielen  fyer 


I  2luf3ug.    <$.  Scene.  33 

Unb  fyabt  @ud)  nirgenb  fonft  nod)  umgefefyn, 
@fy'  3#r  ^en  5U6  9efe^  auf  kiefe  ©cfytoeUe? 
©tauffadjcr  (fefet  ft$). 
525    SBofyl  ein  erftaunltdj  neue§  2Berf  fyab*  id) 
33ereiten  fefyen,  ba3  micfy  ni$i  erfreute. 

2Baltt)er  giirft, 

D  greunb,  ba  fyabt  3$r'g  gletd^  mit  ein  em  93Hcfe! 

©tauffacfycr, 
6tn  foId£)e3  tft  in  Uri  nie  getoefen — 
Seit  9Jienfd;enbenfen  Wax  fein  3^ir>incj^of  fyier, 
530   Unb  feft  toar  feine  2Bofynung  aH  ba§  ©rab. 

SBaltljcr  gitrft, 

©n  ©rab  ber  greifyeit  ift'3.    3#r  nennt'3  mit  Sftamen. 

©tauffad)ei\ 
§err  28altl)er  $urft,  id)  totH  @u$  ni$t  fcerfyalten, 
9ft$t  eine  miifc'ge  5fteugier  fiifyrt  mid)  fyer; 
Wild)  briicfen  fcfytoere  ©orgen —  3)rangfal  fyab'  id) 

535    3U  §au$  berlaffen,  ®rangfal  finb'  id)  fyter. 
3)enn  ganj  unleibltcfy  ift'3,  Wa$  Wix  erbulben, 
Unb  biefe£  2)range3  ift  fein  $tel  ju  fefyn. 
grei  Wax  ber  ©$ft>ei§er  Don  uralterS  fyer, 
SBir  finb'S  getoofynt,  bafc  man  un3  gut  begegnet. 

540   Sin  folded  toar  fan  Sanbe  nie  erlebt, 

©clang'  ein  §irte  trteb  auf  biefen  Sergen. 

2Battl)er  prft 

Jja,  e§  ift  ofyne  SSetfyiel,  tote  fte'3  ireiben! 
2luc^  unfer  ebler  §err  fcon  Slttingfyaufen, 
®er  nod)  bie  alten  3etott  fa*  g^Wn, 
545    SReint  felber,  e£  fei  nid^t  mefyr  ^u  ertragen. 


34  UHlfjelm  Cell. 

©iauffacfyer* 

2Tu$  briiben  unterm  2BaIb  gefyt  6$toere3  Dor, 
Unb  blutig  toirb'S  gebiifct —  ®er  SBoIfenfc^te^en, 
2)e§  ^aifer^  93ogt,  ber  auf  bem  Jlofcberg  fyaufte, 
©eliiften  irug  er  nacfy  Derbotner  $xu<fyt; 
550    23aumgarten§  2Beib,  ber  fyau^balt  ju  Snellen, 
5fi5oHt)  er  $u  freezer  Ungebiifyr  miftbraud;en, 
Unb.mit  ber  2lr,t  fyat  ifyn  ber  SWann  erfcr)lagen. 

SBaltfjer  ftiirft. 

D,  bie  ©ertcfyte  ©otteS  finb  gered;t! 
— - SBaumgarten,  fagt  3tyr?     @in  befdjeibner  3Jtann! 
555    @r  ift  gerettet  bo$  unb  toofyl  geborgen  ? 

<2tauffatfyer. 

@uer  ©ibam  fyat  ifyn  tibern  ©ee  gefliid^tet; 
33ei  mir  $u  ©teinen  ^alt'  i$  ifyn  Derborgen  — 
—  9locfy  ©reuli$er3  fyat  mir  berfelbe  -Biann 
33eri$tet,  toa3  &u  <5arnen  ift  gefefyefyn; 
560    2)a3  §er$  muft  jebem  Siebermanne  bluten. 

SSalt^Cr  gittft  (aufmcrrfam). 

©agt  an,  toaS  tft'3? 

Stauffar^er. 
3m  9JleI$tfyal,  ba,  too  man 
©ntritt  bei  $ern§,  toofynt  ein  gerecfyter  2Rann, 
6ie  nennen  ifyn  ben  §einrt$  Don  ber  §  a  lb  en, 
Unb  feine  ©timm'  gilt  toa§>  in  ber  ©emeinbe. 

2$altl)er  |irfr 

565    9Ber  lennt  ityn  ntd&t!    2Ba§  tfft  mit  tym?    2Menbet! 

Stauffacfjer. 

£)er  Sanbenberger  bitftte  feinen  <&o\)n 


k  2luf3U($.    <fc.  Scene.  35 

Urn  Heinen  $efyler§  toiHen,  lieft  bie  Deafen, 
2)a§  befte  $aar,  ifym  and  bem  $fluge  fyannen; 
SDa  f$Iug  ber  Snab'  ben  $ne$t  unb  ftmrbe  flud)tig. 

SBaltljer  5?iirft  (in  ttyftac  ©pannung). 

570    2)er  Sater  aber  —  fagt,  tote  [test's  urn  ben  ? 

©tauffadjer. 

2)en  33ater  Iaftt  ber  Sanbenberger  forbern, 
gur  ©telle  fcfyaffen  foil  er  ibm  ben  ©ofyn, 
Unb  ba  ber  alte  5Wann  nut  SBafyrfyett  fc^mort, 
6r  fyabe  fcon  bem  ^liidjtftng  leine  $unbe, 
575    Da  Icifct  ber  SSogt  bie  golterfnecfyte  lommen  — 

2BaWjcr  gffep 

(fpringt  auf  unb  mill  if)n  auf  bie  anbere  Seite  futyren). 
D,  [tin,  ni$t§  mefyr! 

@taitffad)er  (mit  fteigenbem  Son). 

„3ft  tnir  ber  ©ofyn  entgangen, 
©0  fyab'  i$  bid)!"  —  Safct  il)n  311  33oben  toerfen, 
3)en  fri^gen  Stafyl  ifym  in  bie  2tugen  bofyren — 

a»altfter  gurft. 

Sarmfyerj'ger  igimmel! 

Wltlfitfial  (fturjt  ^erau§). 

3n  bie  Slugen,  fagt  3$tt 

Stattffadjer  (erftaimt  au  2Baltt>er  gfflrft). 

580    2Ber  i(t  ber  Swngling? 

(fait  if)tt  mit  frampf  Rafter  £eftigfett). 

3n  bie  Slugen?   SHebet ! 


36  HJtlitelm  Cell. 

SBaltyer  giirft. 
D  ber  $Beiammern3tourbige ! 

Stauffadjer. 

<ffier  iftf? 

(2)a  2BaItt)cr  fjiirft  if)m  ein  geicfcen  fitebt.) 

£)er  ©ofyn  iff*?   Slttgere^ter  ©ott! 

VtelfttiaL 

Unb  tdfr 
3Jtufc  feme  f ein !  —  !gn  fe*ne  Beiben  2lugen? 

2BaltI>er  ftiirft. 
$e§ioinget  Sucfy  !   ©rtragt  e£  tote  ein  3Jlann ! 
ajlelfttyat. 

585    Urn  tneiner  ©cfyulb,  urn  meine3  greoels  totllen! 
—  SKnbalfo?   AaBU}  blinb,  unb  gan^  geblenbet? 

©tauffadjer* 
%<$  fagt'3.    2)er  Duett  be3  6efyn§  ift  auSgefloffen, 
£>a3  2\tf)t  ber  ©onne  fcfyaut  er  memate  toieber. 

gBaltljer  Sitrft. 

©$ont  feine§  ©c^rner^en^! 

2ttelcWal- 

5Rtemal§  !  mentals  toieber  I 

(Sr  briitft  bte  ©anb   Dor  btc  Slugcn  unb  fdjtoeigt  eintge  2ftomente, 
bann  tuenbet  er  ftdj  bon  bent  einen  ju  bent  anbern  unb  fpric^t  ntit 

fanfter,  Don  £l)ranen  erfticfter  ©ttmme.) 

590  /D,   etne  eble  £>imntel3gabe  ift 

1  ®a§  £ttf>t  be3  2tuge§  —  2ttte  SBefen  leben 
Som  Sid&te,  jebe3  glticfticfye  ©efdjofcf — 
£)te  ^flan^e  felbft  fefyrt  freubig  ftcfy  %um  £i$te. 
Unb  er  muft  ftijen,  fiifylenb,  in  ber  yiatyt, 


{.  21  uf 3 ug.    4.  Sctm.  37 

595    Sm  ^9  $inftern  —  ^n  erquicft  nicfyt  mefyr 

®er  fatten  toarme§  ©run,  ber  SBlumen  ©d;mel&; 
2)ie  roten  gimen  !ann  er  nid^t  mefyr  fcfyauen — 
©terben  ift  mcfjtS —  bo$  leben  unb  nicfyt  fefyen, 
2)a3  ift  ein  Ungliicf  —  SBarum  fe^>t  ifyr  micfy 

600    ©0  jammernb  an?  %<fy  fyaV  ftvci  frifd^e  2lugen 
Unb  !ann  bem  bltnben  S3ater  feineS  geben, 
9iid)t  einen  ©dimmer  bon  bem  3Keer  be3  2icfyt3, 
2)a§  glanjboll,  blenbenb  mir  in$  2luge  bringt. 

(Stauffaetyer. 

21$,  tdj  muft  @uren  3>amme*  nofy  bergroftern, 
605    ©tatt  ifyn  &u  fyeilen  —  @r  bebarf  nocfy  mel)r ! 
Qznn  atte^  fyat  ber  Sanbbogt  tfym  geraubt; 
SRicfytS  Ijat  er  ifym  gelaffen  aU  ben  ©tab, 
Urn  nacft  unb  blinb  bon  SCfyiir  ju  %fyiix  &u  toanbern. 

SReldjtfjal. 

TOcfytS  al3  ben  ©tab  bem  augenlofen  ©rete! 
610    2lHe§  geraubt  unb  aucfy  ba3  2i$t  ber  ©onne, 

2)e3  Strmften  atlgemeineS  ®ut  —  3e§*  re^e 

9Kir  feiner  mefyr  bon  Sleiben,  bon  SBerbergen! 

2Ba3  fur  ein  feiger  ©lenber  bin  icfy, 

®afc  id)  auf  meine   ©id^er^eit  gebacfyt 
615    Unb  ntcfyt  auf  beine!  —  T>ein   geliebteS  §aupt 

2113  $fanb   gelaffen  in  be3  2Butricfy3  §anben! 

geigfyers'ge  33orfi$t,   fafyre  fyin  —  2luf  nicfytS 

2113  blutige  SBergeltung  toill  idfy   benfen. 

§imiber  toiH  icfy  —  Reiner  foH  mi$   fyalten  — 
620    2)e3  33ater§  2luge  bon  bem  Sanbbogt  forbem  — 

2lu§   alien  feinen  9tetfigen  I)erau3 

2BiH  icfy  ifyn  finben  —  -JticfytS  Iiegt  mir  am  Seben, 


38  HH  Helm  Cell. 

2Bemt  xij  ben  fyeifcen,  ungefyeuren  ©d^mer^ 
3>n  feinem  £eben£blute  fiifyle. 

(<£r  tuitt  ge^en.) 

Baltfitx  Stirft- 
-  Sleibt! 

625    2Ba3  fonnt  2$r  9e9en  ifyn?  @*  flfc*  8U  ©arnen 
Sluf  feiner  fyofyen  §errenburg  unb  fyottet 
Dfynmadfyt'gen  3orn^  *n  f^iner  ftd^ern  fjeftc. 

Strftttttl; 

Unb  toolmt'  .sj  broben  auf  bem  (SiSpalaft 

2)e§  ©cfyrecffyornS  ober  fyofyer,  too  bte  3 u n g f r a u 

630    ©eit  (Stotgfeit  t>erfd^Iexert  ftfct  —  id)  mad^e 
Wxx  $5ai)n  &u  tfym;  mit  gtoanjtg  Sitngltngen, 
©eftnnt  tote  t$,  jerbrecfy'  icfy  feine  gefte. 
Unb  toenn  mir  niemanb  folgt,  unb  toenn  il)r  aHe, 
gitr  eure  Jputten  bang  unb  eure  §erben, 

635    @u$  bem  2tyrannenjocfye  beugt  —  bte  §irten 
3BUJ  icfy  &ufammenrufen  im  ©ebtrg, 
Sort,  unterm  freten  §immelsba$e,  too 
2)er  ©inn  no$  frifcfy  ift  unb  ba3  §erj  gefunb, 
2)a3  ungefyeuer  ©rafelicfye  erjcifylen. 

©tattffa^et  (jii  SBaltljer  g-firft). 

640    (S3  tft  auf  fetnem  ©ipfel  —  SBoffen  toir 
grtoarten,  big  ba§  Sufcerfte  — 

3ReW&tl>aI* 

2BeI<^  $ufcerfte§ 
3ft  nocfy  gu  furd^ten,  toenn  ber  ©tern  be3  2luge3 
3n  feiner  §ofyle  ntd^t  mefyr  ftcfyer  tft? 
—  ©inb  toir  benn  toefyrto§?  SBo^u  lernten  toir 
645    2>ie  2lrmbruft  fyannen  unb  bte  fcfytoere  SBud&t 


*.  21  u  f  3  it  g.    <*.  S  c  e  n  e.  39 

Der  ©treitast  fcfytoingen?  2>ebem  SBefen  toarb 
©in  5Rotgetoel)r  in  ber  33er§toeifhmg3angft. 
@3  ftetft  fid;  ber  erfcfyopfte  §irfd)  unb  ^eigi 
Set  !IRcute  fetn  gefiircfyteteS  ©etoeify, 

650    ®ie  ©einfe  reifct  ben  imager  in  ben  2lbgrunb  — 
®er  ^flugftier  felbft,   ber  fanfte  §au3genofe 
3)e§  9Jtenfd;en,  ber  bie  ungefyeure  Rraft 
2)e3  §alfe§  bulbfam  unterS  $0$  gebogen, 
©pringt  auf,   gereigt,   toetjt  fein  getoaltig  §orn 

655    Unb  fd^Ieubert  feinen  geinb  ben  SSoIfen  ju. 

SBalttyer  gurft. 

SBenn  bie  brei  Sanbe  batten  tote  toir  brei, 
©0  molten  toir  fcieHeicfyt  ettoaS  toermogen. 

6tauffad)cr. 

SBenn  Uri  ruft,  toenn  Untertoalben  fyilft, 
5Der  ©cfytoty$er  toirb  bie  atten  33unbe  efyren. 

660   ©rofc  ift  in  Untertoalben  meine  greunbfcfyaft, 

Unb  jeber  toagt  mit  gfreuben  £eib  unb  Slut, 

2Benn  er  am  anbern  einenj  Studfen  fyat 

Unb  ©cfyirm  —  D  fromme  SSater  biefeS  SanbeSI 

3$  ftefye  nur  ein  Angling  Jtoifc&en  eucfy, 
665    $)en  Sielerfafyrnen  —  meine  ©timme  mufc 

Sefcfyeiben  fcfytoeigen  in  ber  £anb£gemeinbe. 

Sftcfyt,   toeit  vi)  jung  bin  unb  nicfyt  Die!  erlebte, 

SSerad^tet  meinen  Stat  unb  meine  3iebe; 

9l\d)t  Iiiftern  jugenbUcfyeS  Slut,  micfy  treibt 
670    2)e§  fyodjften  jammers  fd^mer^ltd^e  ©etoalt, 

2Ba§  aucfy  ben  ©tein  be3  gelfen  mufj  erbarmen. 

3Sfyr  felbft  feib  Setter,  §aupter  eineS  §aufe3, 


40  XOxlkclm  Cell. 

Unb  toiinfcfyt  eu$  einen  tugenbfyaften  ©ofyn, 
2)er  eure3  £>aupte§  fyeiPge  Soden  cf?re 

675   Unb  eu$  ben  ©tern  be3  2luge3  fromm  betoacfye. 
D,  toeil  xf)x  felbft  an  eurem  Seib  unb  ©ut 
92o$  nid;t3  ertitten,  eure  Stugen  fu$ 
SRoc^  frifcfy  unb  fyell  in  ifyren  $reifen  regen, 
So  fei  eucfy  barum  unfre  Slot  nicfyt  fremb. 

680    2ludj  iiber  eucfy  fydngt  ba3  2^rannenf$toert, 
igfyr  fyabt  ba§  Sanb  fcon  Sftreid;  abgetoenbet; 
Sein  anbereS  toar  tneineS  33ater§  Unrest, 
2$r  feib  in  gleicfyer  9Kitf$uIb  unb  3Serbammni3. 

6tattffaif)Cr  (ju  2BaIt§er  giirft). 

33ef$Iiefeet  !gfyr!   3$  tin  bereit,  $u  folgen. 
SSalt^er  gurft- 
685    SBir  toollen  fyoren,  toaS  bie  ebeln  §errn 
33on  ©iftinen,  bon  Slttingfyaufen  raten  — 
gfyr  9?ame,  benf  i$,  toirb  un§  greunbe  toerben. 

2Bo  ift  ein  3Zaine  in  bem  2Balbgebirg 
gfyrtoiirbiger  alg  (Surer  unb  ber  (Sure? 

690    2ln  folder  ^amen  ed^te  -IBdfyrung  glaubt 
3)a3  SSoIf,  fie  I)aben  guten  $lang  im  Sanbe. 
3$f  ^abt  ein  rei$e3  @rb'  fcon  SSdtertugenb 
Unb  l)abt  e3  felber  reicfy  fcermefyrt  —  2Ba£  braud^t'3 
2)e3  ©belmannS?  Safety  un§  aHein  fcoftenben! 

695    SBdren  fair  bocfy  aHein  im  Sanb!   gd;  meine, 
2Bir  toottten  un3  f$on  felbft  $u  fdjirmen  toiffen. 

Stauffatfjer* 

2)ie  ©beln  brdngt  nid)t  gletcfye  SRot  mit  un3; 
SDer  (Strom,   ber  in  ben  Weberungen  toiitet, 


t,  21nf3iig.    4.  Seen*.  41 

23i£  je£t  I)at  er  bie  &6i)t\  nocfy  ni$t  erreid^t  — 
700    2)o$  ifyre  Jgilfe  toirb  un§  nidbt  entftefyn, 
2Benn  fie  ba§  Sanb  in  SBaffen  erft  erblicfen. 

SBattljcr  gfftrfU 

SBdre  ein  Dbmann  jtoifcfyen  un§  unb  Sftreidj), 
©0  module  Sftecfyt   entfcfyeiben   unb   ©efe£. 
£0$  ber  un3  unterbriidt,   ift  unfer  $aifer 
705    Unb  fyocfyfter  9ttd)ter —  fo  muft   © p tt  un3  £; e I f e n 
2)  u  r  d)  u  n  f  e  r  n  21  r  m  —  Srf orf $et  3  fy  *  bie  SRdnner 
Son   ©d;to%,   id?   toift  in   llri  $reunbe  toerben; 
•     2Ben  aber  fenben  toir  nad;  Untertoalben  ?  — 

9Re{djtfja(. 
■Dlidj  fenbet  fyin  —  2Bem  lag'  e3  ndfyer  an  — 

f^^j J gSoltfrcr  giirft, 

'710    §4  -0w§  nid;t  ju ;    2#r  fe&   m*w  ©<*ft/   i$   tttufc 
giir   (Sure  (sicfyerfyeit  getodbren! 

SReMMal. 

Safet  tni$! 
£)ie   <5$Ii$e  fenn*   id;  unb  bie   gelfenftetge ; 
2tu$  greunbe   finb'  id)   gnug,  bie  mi$  bem  geinb 
SSerfyefylen  unb  ein  Dbbad)   gem  getodfyren. 
©tauffac^er* 
715    Safct  il)n  mit  ©ott  fyiniiber  geljn !   SDort  britben 
3ft  fein  33errdter  —  ©0  berabfd)eut  ift 
®ie  2tyrannei,  baft  fie  lein  SEerf^eug  finbet. 
2tudf)  ber  feller  foE  un8  nib  bem  2SaIb 
©enoffen  toerben  unb  ba§  Sanb  erregen, 

Wetdjtftal. 

720    2Bte  bringen  ftnr  un3  ftcfyre  Sunbe  ju, 

2)a{$  toir  ben  2lrgft>ofyn  ber  2tyrannen  tauffitn? 


42  IP  tit]  elm  Cell. 


er. 

3Btr  fonnten  \m$  $u  $$Tunntn  ober  £reib 
aSerfammeln,  tt>o  bie  ilaufmannSj'cfyiffe  lanben. 

SBaltfjer  gitrft. 

©o  offen  biirfen  fair  bag  SBerf  ni$t  treiben. 

725   —  §ort  meine   -JJleinung :  SinfS  am  ©ee,  toenn  man 
9la<fy  SBrunnen  fafyrt,  bem  -Dtytfyenftein  grab'  itber, 
£iegt  eine  9Jtatte  fyeimli$  im  ©efydl&, 
2)a§  Slut  It  fyeifct  fie  bet  bem  SSolf  ber  §irten, 
SBeil  bort  bie  SBalbung  au^gereutet  toarb, 

730   2)ort  ift'§,  too  unfre  Sanbmarf  unb  bie  Sure 

(£u  gRettMal) 

3ufammengren§en,  unb  in  farmer  gafyrt 

($u  ©tauffa^er) 

£ragt  ©u$   ber  letcfyte  Rafyn  Don  6<$tltyj  fyeruber. 
3luf  oben  $faben  fonnen  fair  bafyin 
Set  SWad^t^ett  toanbern  unb  un3  [till  beraten. 
735    2)afyin  mag  jeber  jefyn  fcertraute  Scanner 
•Btitbringen,   bie  fyerjeinig  ftnb  mit  un§, 
©0  fonnen  rotr  gemeinfam  ba£  ©emeine 
aSefpred^en  unb  mit  ©ott  e§  frifd^  befcpe&en. 

Stauffarfjer, 

©0  fei'3 !   ige^t  retcfyt  mir  6ure  biebre  9lttf)U, 
740   3let$t  $fyr  bie  @ure  l)er,  unb  fo  toie  fair 
2)  ret  banner  je£o  unter  un§  bie  §anbe 
gufammenflecfyten,  reblid^,  ofyne  ftatftf), 
©0  roollen  ftrir  brei  San  ber  aucfy  $u  ©$u$ 
Unb  £ru$  &u|ammenftefyn  auf  Sob  unb  Seben! 


j.  2luf3ug.    4.  Scene.  43 

233altl)cr  gitrft  unb  gWeldMal. 
745    2tuf  £ob  unb  Seben! 

(@ie   Ijalten  bie  §anbe  uod)  einige  ^aufeu  lang  gufammcngejlod^tcn 
unb  fdjtoeigen.) 

mama. 

Slinber,  alter  SSater! 
S)u  fannft  ben  Sag  ber  greifyeit  nicfyt  mefyr  fcfyauen; 
£)u  fotlfi  ifyn  fyoren  — 2Benn  toon  SCIj>  ju  2lty 
3Me  ^euerjeid^en  flammenb  fi$  erfyeben, 
2)ie  feften  ©cfyloffer  ber  2tyrannen  fallen, 
750   3n  ^e^ne  (WU  foB  ber  ©cfytoeijer  fallen, 
3u  betnem  Dfyr  bie  greubenfunbe  tragen, 
Unb  fyeH  in  beiner  9ta$i  foil  e§  btr  iagen! 

(6ie  geljen  auSeinanber.) 


$mntn  jJfrxtfjug* 


(£rfte  Scene. 

Sbetfyof  be§  SfreUjerrn  Don  Sitting  f)cm[en. 

(Sin  gotifdjer  @aat,  ntit  SBatobenfdjilbern  unb  §elmen  oergiert.  2)  e  r 
greiljerr,  cin  ©rei«  toon  funfunbad^tjtg  3>al)ren,  oon  fyoljer,  ebler 
©tatur,  an  cincm  ©taoe,  toorauf  ein  ©emfenljom,  nnb  in  cin 
^etsnmms  gefleibet.  $  it  o  n  i  unb  nod)  f  e  d)  3  $  n  e  d)  t  e  ftefyen  nm 
ifyn  l)er  ntit  Sftedjen  unb  @enfen.  —  U 1  r  t  d)  0  0  n  9*  u  b  e  n  3  tritt  ein 
in  Sftitterfletbung. 

§ier  bin  i$,  Dtyeim  — 2Ba3  ift  ®uer  SBide? 

©rlaubt,  bafe  icfy  na$  altem  §au§g,ebrau$ 
755   3)en  gfriifyirunf  erft  mit  tneinen  $ne$ten  teile. 

(6r  trinft  au3  einem  $8e<$er,  ber  bann  in  hex  IReuje  IjemntQc^t.) 

©onft  tear  id)  felber  mtt  in  $elb  unb  2Balb, 

SFlit  meinem  2tuge  ifyren  $leij$  regierenb, 

2Bie  fie  mein  Sanner  fiifyrte  in  ber  ©cfylacfyt; 

3>e$t  fann  i$  ntcfytS  mefyr,  al§  ben  ©cfyaffner  madden, 
760   Unb  fommt  bie  toarme  ©onne  nicfyt  $u  tnir, 

3$  lann  fie  ntcfyt  mefyr  fucfyen  auf  ben  93ergen. 

Unb  fo  in  enger  ftets  unb  engerm  $rei£, 

SSehjeg'  i$  Tnicfy  bem  engeften  unb  le^ten, 

2£o  aHe§  Seben  ftttt  ftefyt,  langfam  ju. 
765    SKein  ©fatten  bin  icfy  nur,  balb  nur  mein  -Jtame. 


2.  71  uf 3 ug.    \.  Scene.  45 

Sinoni  (jit  SRubenj  mit  bem  93e$er). 

3$  Brittfl'S  @u$,  3unfer. 

(SSa  Wubcna  jaubert,  ben  Sc^er  3U  nef)tnen.) 

Srinfet  frifd&l    @3  gefyt 
2tu3  einem  Seeder  unb  au3  einem  §er$en. 

Vttittgtaitfett* 

©efyt,  $inber,  unb  toenn'3  geierabenb  ift, 
2)ann  reben  fair  aucfy  bon  beg  2anb3  ©efefyaften. 

(Jtuetite  oe()en  ab.) 

21  1 1  i  it  g  f)  a  u  |  c  n  unb  9t  it  b  e  it  j. 
Sitting!)  auf  en. 
770    3$  Me  ^^  gegiirtet  unb  geriiftet, 

2)u  toitlft  nacfy  2lItorf  in  bte  £errenburg? 

JHubcn^ 

8a,  Dljeim,  unb  i$  barf  ntd^t  langer  fdumen  — 
5ltting^aufcn  (fe^t  m. 

§aft  bu'3  fo  etlig?    2Bie?    3ft  beiner  Sugenb 
2)ie  3eit  fo  farg  gemeffen,  baft  bu  fte 
775    3ln  beinem  alien  Dfyeim  muftt  erfparen? 

JWubcnj. 

3$  fefye,  baft  3*)r  tneiner  nidjt  beburft, 
3$  bin  em  grembling  nur  in  biefem  §aufe. 

Sttttngljaufett 

(I)at  t()tt  lange  mit  ben  9ltujen  oemuftert). 

ga,  leiber  bift  bu'3.    Seiber  ift  bie  §eimat 
3ur  grembe  bit  getoorben  !  —  Uli !  Uli ! 
780    3$  *enne  bid)  nid^t  tnefyr.    3n  ©etbe  prangft  bu, 


46  UHlljelm   Cell. 

S)ic  ^fauenfeber  tragft  bu  ftolj  jur  ©cfyau 
Unb  fcfylagft  ben  $urpurmantel  urn  bie  ©cfyultern; 
2)en  Sanbmann  blicfft  bu  mit  Seracfytung  an 
Unb  fd^amft  bicfy  feiner  traultd^en  33egriiftung. 

*Jtobeits. 

785    ®ie  @fyr',  bie  ifym  gebufyrt,  geb'  i$  ifym  gem; 
2)a3  9te$t,  ba3  er  fi$  nimmt,  bertpeigr'  i$  ifym. 

Stttingljaufeit. 

2)a3  gan^e  £anb  liegt  unterm  fcfytoeren  ftoxn 
2)e3  $5nig3  —  $ebe§  StebertnanneS  §er$ 
3ft  fummerfcotl  ob  ber  ttyrannifcfyen  ©etoalt, 

790    £)ie  fair  erbulben  —  2)i$  aHein  rii^rt  nicfyt 
2)er  aHgemeine  ©camera  —  SDi$  fte^et  man 
2lbtrunntg  fcon  ben  3)einen  auf  ber  ©eite 
2)eS  2anbe3feinbe3  ftefyen,  unfrer  9lot 
^ofynfyrecfyenb,  na$  ber  Ieicfyten  greube  jagen 

795    Unb  bufylen  urn  bie  $iirftengunft,  inbeS 
2)ein  SSaterlanb  Don  fcfytoerer  ©eifeel  blutet. 

Rrta*. 

S)a3  Sanb  ift  fcfytoer  bebrangi  —  SBarum,  mein  Dfyeim? 

2Ber  iff*,  ber  e§  geftur$t  in  biefe  3lot? 

63  foftete  ein  einjig  teicfyteS  2Bort, 
800   Urn  augenblicfs  be§  2)range§  lot  ju  fein 

Unb  einen  gnab'gen  Saifer  5U  getoinnen. 

2Bel)  ifynen,  bie  bem  3SoIf  bie  2lugen  fyalten, 

2)ajj  e§  bem  toafyren  33eften  toiberftrebt ! 

Urn  eignen  93orteiI§  toillen  fyinbern  fie, 
805    3)afj  bie  SBalbftatte  nicfyt  §u  Dftreitf)  fd^tooren, 

2Bie  ringSum  aHe  Sanbe  bod^  getfyan. 

SBofyl  ifyut  e§  ifynen,  auf  ber  §errenbanf 


2.  21uf3ng.    J.  Scene.  47 

gu  fi^en  mit  bem  ©belmcum  —  ben  $  a  i  f  e  r 
2BiU  man  jum  §errn,  urn  fein en  £>errn  &u  fyaben. 
Sftttngtyaufen. 
810    SRufc  icfy  bag  fyoren  itnb  aug  beinem  5Munbe! 

JHubenj. 

3#r  fyabt  mid^  aufgeforbert,  Iafct  mi$  enben  I 
—  SBeld^e  $erfon  ift'g,  D&eim,  bie  %f)x  felbft 
§ter  tyielt?    £>abt  Sfyr  nid&t  fyofyern  Stolj,  alg  ^ier 
Sanbammann  ober  Sanrierfyerr  $u  fein 

815    Unb  neben  biefen  §irten  ju  regteren? 
2Bie?    3ft»«  nicfyt  eine  nifymlic^ere  2BafyI, 
3u  fyulbigen  bem  foniglicfyen  §errn, 
Bid)  an  fein  glan^enb  Sager  an^ufcfyliefjen, 
2Ug  (Surer  eignen  Snecfyte  $air  &u  fein 

820  Unb  $u  ©ericfyt  ju  fi£en  mit  bem  Sauer? 

5Ittingl)oufciu 
»$,  Uli!  UK!    S^  erfenne  fie, 
25ie  ©timme  ber  93erfufyrung !     Sie  ergriff 
2)ein  offneg  Dfyr,  fie  fyat  bein  §erj  fcergiftet. 

Rubens, 
3a,  ic^>  berberg'  eg  nicfyt  —  in  tiefer  ©eele 

825    ©d^mergt  midj  ber  ©pott  ber  grembltnge,  bie  ung 
SDen  Sauernabel  fd^elten  —  -Kicfyt  ertrag'  i$'3, 
$jnbeg  bie  eble  !Jugenb  xmQ$  umfyer 
<5i$  @I)re  fammelt  unter  §abgburgg  ^dfyntn, 
2luf  meinem  @rb'  I)ier  miifctg  ftitt  ju  liegen, 

830   Unb  bei  gemeinem  £agetoerf  ben  £en$ Y 
3)eg  Sebeng  $u  fcerlieren  —  2tnber£too 
©efcfyefyen  Sbaten,  eine  2BeIt  beg  9tufymg 
Setoegt  fi$  glanjenb  jenfeitS  biefer  Serge  — 


48  TO  \l\\elm  Cell. 

5Rir  roften  in  ber  §a(Ie  §clm  unb  <5$ilb; 
835    £)er  $rieg3brommete  tnutigeS  ©etdn, 
3)er  §ero!b§ruf,  ber  $um  Surniere  labet, 
@r  bringt  in  biefe  Scaler  nid^t  herein; 
9l\d)t$  aid  ben  $ufyreil;n  unb  ber  ^erbegloden 
©nformigeS  ©elaut  bernefym'  icfy  fyier. 

Sfttingfjattfen. 

840    93erblenbeter,  fcom  eiteln  ©Ian&  toerfiifyrt! 
Seracfyte  bein  ©eburt3lanb!     ©cfydme  bi<$ 
2)er  uralt  frommen  ©itte  beiner  93&ter! 
3Jlit  fyeifcen  2:l;ranen  n>irft  bu  bicfy  bereinft 
§eim  fefynen  nacfy  ben  fcaterlicfyen  33ergen, 

845    Unb  biefe§  §erbenrei^en§  -JMobie, 

®ie  bu  in  ftoljem  iibevbritft  fcerfcfymdfyft, 
3Kit  (5$meraen£fel)nfuefyt  hrirb  fie  bid;  ergreifen, 
2Benn  fie  btr  anflingt  auf  ber  fremben  @rbe. 
fb,  ntdcfyticj  ift  ber  Srieb  bed  SaterlanbS! 

850   2)ie  frembe,  falfcfye  2SeIt  ift  nicfyt  fur  bi$; 
SDort  an  bem  ftol^en  $aiferl;of  bleibft  bu 
3>ir  etoig  fremb  nut  beinem  treuen  §er$en! 
3)ie  SBelt,  fie  forbert  anbre  Sugenben, 
2(13  bu  in  biefen  Sfyalern  btr  ertoorben. 

855   —  ©efy  fyin,  fcerfaufe  beine  freie  ©eele, 

9timm  Sanb  311  Setyen,  toerb'  ein  giirftenfnecfyt, 
®a  bu  ein  6elbftfyerr  fein  fannft  unb  ein  glirft 
2luf  beinem  ctgnen  @rb'  unb  freien  Soben. 
8d&,  Hit!  BUI    33Ietbe  bei  ben  SDeinen! 

860    ©el;  nid;t  nacfy  3lItorf  —  D,  fcerlaft  fie  m$t, 
®ie  fyeifge  &a<fyi  beineS  93aterlanb3! 
—  gd;  bin  ber  £e£te  metne3  ©tamm§  —  9Kein  9?ame 
(Snbet  nut  mtr.    SDa  fydngen  $elm  unb  ©cfyilb; 


2.  21  nf3itg.    *.  Scene.  49 

SDte  toerben  fte  mir  in  ba§  ©tab  ntitgeben. 
865    Unb  mujj  id;  benfen  bei  bent  Iefcten  $aui), 
£)afc  bu  mein  bred£)enb  2luge.  nur  ertoarteft, 
Urn  fyin^ugefyn  Dor  biefen  neuen  Sefyenfyof 
Unb  meine  ebeln  ©titer,  bie  icfy  fret 
SBon  ©ott  entyfing,  toon  £)ftrei$  §u  empfangen! 

JHubenj. 

870    93ergeben§  nriberftreben  fair  bent  $onig, 

JHe  SBelt  gel)ort  ifym;  tootten  toir  attein 

Un3  eigenftnnig  fteifen  unb  Derftoden, 

®ie  Sanberfette  il)m  ju  unterbred>en, 

S)ie  er  getoaltig  ring3  urn  un3  ge$ogen? 
875    ©ein  finb  bie  9Jiarfte,  bie  ©ericfyte,  fein 

®ie  ilaufntamtSftra&en,  unb  ba§  ©aumrofc  felbft, 

2)a£  auf  bcm  ©ottfyarb  aiefyet,  mufc  ifym  gotten. 

SSon  feinen  Sanbern  tote  nttt  eincnt  -Jiefc 

<5tnb  hnr  umgarnet  ring3  unb  eingefcfyloffen. 
880    —  22irb  un3  ba3  9tcid&  bef$ii£en?    $am\  e3  felbft 

©icfy  fd^u^en  gegen  Cftretc^>^  toacfyfenbe  ©etoalt? 

§ilft  ©ott  un3  nid)t,  fein  $aifer  fann  un3  fyelfen. 

2Ba3  ift  ju  geben  auf  ber  $aifer  $Bort, 

2Benn  fie  ttt  ©elbs  unb  £riege3not  bie  ©t&bte, 
885    ®ie  untern  ©d;irm  bei  2lbler3  fid)  gefliicfytet, 

SSefyfanben  biirfen  unb  bem  9teicfy  Derailment? 

—  SRetn,  Dfyetm !    SBofyltfyat  tft'3  unb  toeife  aSorft<$t, 

gn  biefen  fd;toeren  ^eiten  ber  Cartelling, 

©icfy  an^ufdjlieften  an  ein  ntacfytig  £>aupt. 
890    3)ie  fiaiferlrone  gefyt  Don  (Stamm  gu  ©tanun, 

2)  i  e  fyat  fiir  treue  SMenfte  lein  ©ebad;tni§ ; 

2)od)  urn  ben  ntacfyt'gen  ©rbfyerrn  toofyl  Derbienen, 

§etfct  ©aaten  in  bie  3u^unf^  ftreun. 


60  ._  tPtlfjelm  Cell, 

m 

5ltthtgljattfett. 

Sift  bu  fo  toeife? 

SBittft  fetter  fefyn  aU  beine  ebeln  33dter, 
895    35ie  urn  ber  greifyeit  foftbarn  ©belftem 

2Rtt  @ut  unb  Slut  unb  §elbenfraft  geftritten? 

—  ©cfytff  na$  Sugem  fyinunter,  frage  bort, 
2Bte  DftreicfyS  §errfcfyaft  laftet  auf  ben  Sdnbern! 
©ie  toerben  fommen,  unfre  ©cfyaf  unb  Jtinber 

900    gu  ^dljlen,  unfre  2lfyen  afyumeffen, 

3)en  §o$f!ug  unb  ba3  §o$gen)iIbe  bannen 
$n  unfern  freien  SBdlbern,  ifyren  ©cfylagbaum 
2ln  unfre  Srutfen,  unfre  £l)ore  fe£en, 
9Jtit  unfrer  2lrntut  ifyre  Sdnberfdufe, 

905    W\t  unferm  Slute  ifyre  £riege  ^afylen  — 

—  9Jein,  toenn  tt>tr  unfer  Slut  bran  fe£en  fatten, 
©0  jtTfi  f it r  un§  —  toofylf eiler  lauf en  toir 

5)ie  greifyeit  ate  bie  £ne$tf$aft  etn! 

2Ba3  lonnen  toir, 
(Sin  Solf  ber  §irten,  gegen  2Ilbre$t3  §eere! 

Sltttitgljattfeit. 

910   Sent'  biefeS  53oII  ber  §irten  fennen,  $nabe! 
$$  Ienn'§,  icfy  fyah'  e§  angefiifyrt  in  ©cfylacfyten, 
%<fy  fyab'  e3  fecfyten  fe^en  bei  ^afeenj. 
©te  fotten  fommen,  un§  ein  !god(j  aufjhnngen, 
£)a§  fair  entfcfyloffen  finb  nicfyt  ^u  ertragen! 

915    — D,  Ierne  f listen,  toelcfyeS  ©tammS  bu  bift! 
2Birf  nid)t  fur  eiteln  ©lanj  unb  $Ittterfcf)ein 
®ie  ecfyte  ^Serle  betneS  2Berte3  fyin  — 
2)a3  §aupt  $u  fyeijien  eine§  freien  93olf3, 
2)a3  bir  au§  Siebe  nur  fi$  ^er^Iid^  toeifyt, 


2.  2Iuf3itg.    \.  Scene.  51 

920   2)a§  ireuli$  ju  bir  ftel)t  in  ®ampf  unb  !£ob — 
SD  a  3  fei  bein  610(5,  b  e  §  2lbel3  riifyme  bi$  — 
3)te  angebornen  Sanbe  fnityfe  feft, 
2tn§  SSaterlanb,  an£  teure,  fcfyliefe  bid^  an, 
SDaS  fyatte  feft  mit  beinem  garden  §er$en! 

925    £>ier  ftnb  bie  ftarfen  SBurgeln  betner  Sraft; 
2)ort  in  ber  fremben  2BeIt  fteE^ft  bu  allein, 
(gin  fd&toanfe£  3tofyr,  ba$  jeber  ©turm  jerfnidft. 
D,  fomm,  bu  fyaft  un3  lang'  nid&t  mefyr  gefefyn, 
aSerfud^'g  mit  un$  nur  e  i  n  e  n  Sag  —  nur  fyeute 

930    ©efy  ni$t  nacfy  2Utorf —  £>orftbu?    §eute  nid^t; 
2)en  einen  Sag  nur  fcfyenfe  bi$  ben  Semen! 

(Gr  fajjt  feiue  £aub.) 
sJiubens. 
2$  gab  mein  SBort  —  Safet  mt$  —  $<$  &n  gebunben. 
51  tt tug  I)  auf  en 
(tafct  feine  £anb  lo§,  mit  (Sntfi). 
3)u  bift  gebunben — ga,  Ungliic!(i^er! 
3)u  bift'3,  bocfy  nid^t  burcfy  2Bort  unb  ©$tour, 
935    ©ebunben  bift  bu  burcfy  ber  Siebe  ©etle ! 
(Rubens  tuenbet  jidj  meg.) 
—  SSerbirg  btcfy,  hne  bu  toillft.    2)a3  graulein  tft'3, 
Sertba  Don  Srunedf,  bie  §ur  £>errenburg 
SDicfy  jiefyt,  bicfy  feffelt  an  be§  $aifer3  SDienft. 
Sa3  Slitterfraulein  toiUft  bu  bir  ertoerben 
940    3Jtit  beinem  2tbfaU  bon  bem  2anb  —  SBetrug  bt#  ni$t! 
2)i$  an§ulocfen,  jeigt  man  bir  bie  33raut; 
2)ocfy  beiner  Unfcbulb  ift  fie  nicfyt  befd^iebenw^v^^^^ 

sJhtben$. 
©enug  §ab'  id)  gefyort.    ©efyabi  @u$  toofyl!   («rfle&ta&.) 


52  IPUfjelm  Cell. 

Sttthtgljattfetu 

2Bar)nftnn'ger  bungling,  bletb! —  @r  ge^t  batym! 
945    3$  ^ann  tyn  ni$t  erfyalten,  nicfyt  erretten  — 

©o  ift  ber  2BoIfenf$iefcen  abgefaHen 

3Son  feinem  2anb —  fo  toerbert  anbre  folgen; 

2)er  frembe  £aubzx  reifet  bie  3u9enb  fart> 

©etoaltfam  firebenb  iiber  unfre  Serge. 
950   —  D  ungliicffePge  ©tunbe,  ba  ba§  grembe 

gn  biefe  [till  begliicften  Scaler  fam, 

2)er  ©itten  fromme  Unfcfyulb  $u  jerftoren! 
3)a§  9?eue  bringt  herein  mit  2Ra$t,  bag  Sllte, 

2)a§  XBurb'ge  fcfyetbet,  anbre  £t\ttn  fommen, 
955    @3  Iebt  ein  anber3benfenbe3  ©ef$Ie$t! 

3Ba3  tfyu'  icfy  fyter?    ©ie  finb  begraben  aUe, 

2Rit  benen  id)  getoaltet  unb  gelebt. 

Unter  ber  @rbe  f$on  liegt  meine  3^; 

SBofyl  bem,  ber  mit  bem e  u  en  nt$t  mefyr  braud^t  &u  Ieben  ! 

(®e&t  ab.) 


<5u>eite  Scene, 

Sine  SMefe,  toon  Ijoljen  gelfen  unb  SBalb  umgeben. 

2luf  ben  geljen  fmb  ©teige  mit  ©elanbern,  and)  Seiteru,  Don  benen 
man  nad^er  bie  2anbfeitte  fyerabfteigen  ftetjt.  3m  §intergrnnbe  getgt 
ftd)  ber  ©ee,  iiber  meldjem  anfangS  ein  9ftonbregenbogen  gu  feljen  ift 
S)en  ^rofpect  fdjltegen  Ijofye  23erge,  gutter  meldjen  nod)  Ijoljere  (Sis* 
gebirge  ragen.  (gs  ift  oollig  9tad)t  auf  ber  ©cene,  nur  ber  ©ee  unb 
bie  meif^en  ©tetfdjer  leudjtcn  im  2ftonbUd)t. 

2Jcetd)tI)at,  SBaumgarteu,  SBinfelrieb,  2fteier  Don 
©amen,   SBurffyart  am   SB ii r) el#  SIrnolb  ton  <Sema, 


2.  21  u  f  3  u  g.    2.  S  c  c  n  e.  53 

$  I  cut  8  Don  ber  gtiie  unb  nod)  trier  cuibere  2au  bteute, 
aUt  bemaffnet. 

2fteUf)tf}al  (no#  Winter  ber  Scene). 

960  2)er  Sergtoeg  off  net  ftcfy,  nur  frifcfy  mir  na$! 
2)en  gelg  erfenn*  i$  unb  bag  ^reujlem  brauf; 
2Btr  finb  am  3iel,  fyter  ift  bag  3tutli. 

(Xreten  auf  mtt  SBtnblidjtern.) 

2SHnfeIrteb. 

§or$! 
©earn. 
<5an$  leer. 

Wltitv. 

'g  ift  nodfj  fein  Sanbmann  ba.    2Bir  finb 
3)ie  (Srften  auf  bent  $la$,  totr  Untertoalbner. 

SReldjtyal. 
965    2Bie  foeit  ift'g  in  ber  SKad&t? 

SBaumgartets. 

2)er  geuertoad&ter 
SBorn  ©eligberg  fyat  eben  3h)ei  fiwufen. 

(9Jlan  t)5rt  in  bcr  fterne  tauten.) 
9tteier. 
©till!    £ord&! 

Sag  -BtettenglocHein  in  ber  SBalbfapeffe 
Slingt  fyell  ^criiber  aug  bem  ©cfyto^erlanb. 

%on  ber  glue. 
3)ie  £uft  ift  rein  unb  tragt  ben  <5$att  fo  toeit. 
^eltyfja^^Xr^V 
970    ©efyn  einige  unb  giinben  9teigfyol$  an, 

2)afc  eg  lofy  brenne,  toenn  bie  3Jlanner  fommen! 
C3t»ei  Canbleute  flc^en.) 


54  IPUftelm  (EeiL 

<Bma. 
'I  ift  eine  f$one  3Konbennad^t.    2)er  ©ee 
Ciegt  rufyig  ba  alg  toie  ein  ebner  ©piegel. 

©ie  fyaben  cine  leicfyte  gafyrt. 

aSiltfclncb    (seigt  nac$  bem  <Sce). 

$a,  fe$tl 

975    ©efytbort^in!     ©el)t  ifyr  ni#tg? 

2Reter. 

2Bag  benn?  — 3a,  \oa^rItc^  I 
Gin  SHegenbogen  mitten  in  ber  -Kacfyt! 

aReldjtyal. 
^  iji  bag  Sid&t  beg  3Jtonbeg,  bag  tyn  bilbet. 

fSon  ber  glue, 
3)ag  ift  ein  feltfam  tounberbareg  3ei$en! 
Sg  leben  toiele,  bie  bag  ni$t  gefefyn. 

©efea. 
980    @r  ift  bo}tyeIt;  fe^t,  ein  blafferer  ftefyt  brtiber. 
JBaumgarten. 

6in  Slacken  fafyrt  foeben  brunter  toeg. 

mam*  + 

TiaZ  ift  ber  ©tauffacfyer  mit  fetnem  Safyn, 
2)er  Siebermann  lafjt  ft$  nid;t  lang*  ertoarten. 
(©c^t  tntt  Saumflarten  na#  bem  Ufer.) 
9Weier, 
35ie  Urner  ftnb  eg,  bie  am  Iangften  faumen. 
2tm  SityeL 
985    ©ie  miiffen  foeit  umgefyen  bur#g  ©ebirg, 


2.  21  u  f  3  u  g.    2.  6  c  e  n  e.  55 

2)afj  fte  be3  £anbfcogt§  $unbf$aft  fymtergefyen. 

(Unterbeffen  ^aben  bie  aroei  Canbleute  in  ber  5Dlitte  be3  ^ptafeeS  etn  fjeuer 
anflcaiinbet.) 

9JieW&tI)at  (amUfer). 

2Ber  ift  ba?    ©ebt  ba3  SBort! 

©tattffarf|Cr  (Don  unten). 

3?reunbe  be§  SanbeS. 

5CHc  gefyen  nad)  ber  £iefe,  ben  tfommenben  entgegen.  2hi8  bem 
$a!nt  fieigen  @  t  a  u  f  f  a  d)  e  r ,  3 1  e  t  9£  e  b  t  n  g ,  $  a  n  8  auf  ber 
9flauer,  3  org  tm  £ofe,  $onrab  $unn,  Ulridj  ber 
©d)tttib,  3  o  ft  Don  SBeiler  unb  nod)  brei  anbere  ? anbleute, 
gleidjfatts  betraffnet. 

Wit  (rufen). 

SBiHfommen ! 

(3nbem  bie  Ubrigen  in  ber  £iefe  bertoeilen  unb  fid)  begriigen,  fommt 
2ft  e  I  dj  t  Ij  a  I  mit  @  t  a  u  f  f  a  d)  e  r  oortuarts.) 

■WMA 

D  £>err  ©tauffacfyer!    3$  &<*&'  ifyn 
©efefyn,  ber  mt$  nid^t  toieberfefyen  fonnte! 
990   S)te  §anb  tyab'  i$  gelegt  auf  feine  Slugen, 
Unb  glitfyenb  9la$gefufyl  §aV  \§  gefogen 
2lu§  ber  erlofc^nen  ©onne  feine^  33Iicf§. 

Stouffad^cr* 

©precfyt  ntcfyt  Don  3tadje.    9ticfyt  ©efd^er)ne§  ra$en, 
©ebrofytem  ttbel  toollen  toir  begegnen. 
995   —  3ei*  fa(&  toa^  Sfy*  rot  Untertoalbner  Sanb 
©efcfyafft  unb  fiir  gemeine  ©a$'  getoorben, 
2Bie  bie  Sanbleute  benfen,  it>ie  %fyx  felbft 
®en  ©tricfen  be3  Serrate  entgangen  feib. 


r 


56  m  \  l\  e  I  n* €ti  I 

3)ur$  ber  ©urennen  furd^tbareS  ©ebirg, 

iooo  2Iuf  toett  berbreitet  oben  (gxfegfelbern,      [jy^JUJ^ 
2Bo  nur  ber  fyeifre  Sdmmergeier  frdd^t, 
©elangt'  id)  ju  ber  2lfyentrift,  too  ftcfy 
2tu3  Uri  unb  bom  ©ngelberg  bie  §irten 
2lnrufenb  srtifcen  unb  gemeinfam  toeiben, 

ioos  SDen  2)urft  mir  ftittenb  mit  ber  ©letter  9JiiI$, 

£>ie  in  ben  Stunfen  fd^dumenb  nieberquiHt.    L^^^t 
3Jn  ben  einfamen  ©ennfyutten  le^rt'  id)  em, 
2Rein  eigner  SBirt  unb  ©aft,  bt§  bafc  i$  fam 
3u  SBofynungen  gefeHig  lebenber  9Jtenf$en. 

ioio  —  (grfcfyotfen  toar  in  btefen  SCfydlern  fcfyon 
2)er  5tuf  beg  neuen  ©reuelS,  ber  gefdfyefyn, 
Unb  fromme  @^rfurcr)t  fcfyaffte  mir  mein  Ungliicf 
SSor  jeber  ^forte,  too  id)  toanbernb  flopfte. 
©ntruftet  fanb  id)  biefe  graben  ©eelen 

1015  Dh  bem  getoaltfam  neuen  Regiment; 
35enn  fo  toie  tl)re  2ltyen  fort  unb  fort 
Siefelben  $rduter  ndfyren,  ifyre  Srunnen 
©Ieid^formig  fltefcen,  SBolfen  felbft  unb  SBtnbe 
$)en  gleid^en  ©trid)  untoanbelbar  befolgen, 

jro2o  ©0  fyat  bie  alte  ©itte  fyier  bom  2Ifyn 
Sum  @nfet  unberdnbert  fort  beftanben. 
3l\d)t  tragen  fie  fcertoegne  9?euerung 
3>rn  altgetoofynten  gleicfyen  ©ang  be3  SebenS. 
—  2)ie  fyarien  §dnbe  reid^ten  fie  mir  bar, 

1025  SSon  hm  SBdnben  langten  fie  bie  roft'gen  ©d^toerter, 
Unb  au3  ben  2lugen  blitjte  freubigeS 
©efitfyl  be^  9Jlut3,  aU  id)  bie  ^amen  nannte, 
2)ie  im  ©ebirg  bem  Sanbmann  beilig  ftnb, 


2.  21uf3ug.    2.  Scene.  57 

.  Sen  ©urigen  unb  SBaltfyer  gfiirfts  —  2BaS  @u$ 
1030  5te$t  toiirbe  biinfen,  fcfytouren  fte  ju  tfyun, 

©udj  fcfytouren  fie  big  in  ben  £ob  ju  folgen. 

—  ©0  etlt*  idj  fid^er  unterm  fyeiPgen  ©cfyirm 

£)eg  ©aftrecfyig  Don  ©e^ofte  $u  ©efjofte^" 

Unb  alg  icfy  fam  ing  fyeimatltcfye  !£fyal, 
1035  2Bo  mir  bie  SSettern  biel  fcerbreitet  toofynen  — 

2113  tcfy  ben  SSater  fanb,  Beraubt  unb  blinb, 

2luf  frembem  ©trol),  t)on  ber  ^Barm^erjigfeit 

3Jiilbtyat'ger  SKenfc^en  lebenb  — 

8tauffa#er. 

§err  im  §immel! 

2)a  toeinf  i$  nicfyt!    9?i$t  in  ofynmacfyt'gen  £fyranen 
1040  ©oft  \d)  bie  $raft  beg  fyeiften  ©cfymer^eng  aug; 
3n  tiefer  Sruft,  trie  einen  teuren  &d)Q$, 
SBerfdfjlofc  icfy  ifyn  unb  bac^te  nur  auf  £fyaten. 
3>dj  frocfy  burcfy  alle  Rriimmen  beg  ©ebtrgg, 
Rein  Sfyal  toar  fo  berftedft,  id)  fpd^t>  eg  aug; 
1045  ©ig  an  ber  ©letfcfyer  eigbebecften  guft 
grtoartet'  id)  unb  fanb  betoofynte  igiitten, 
Unb  iiberaU,  toofyin  mein  guft  mi$  trug, 
ganb  icfy  ben  gleicfyen  igaft  ber  2tyrannei; 
3)enn  big  an  biefe  letjte  ©renje  felbft 
1050  Selebter  ©cfyopfung,  too  ber  ftarre  Soben 
Sluffyort  ju  geben,  raubt  ber  SSogte  ©eij  — 
Sie  §erjen  aHe  biefeg  biebern  SSolfg 
grregf  id)  mit  bem  (gtacfyel  meiner  2Borte, 
Unb  unfer  finb  fie  atT  mit  §er$  unb  9#unb. 

@tauffaef)er. 
1055  ®rofee3  fyabt  2$r  *n  ^urJer  3rift  0eIeiftet. 


58  ItHlfjelm  Cell. 

3$  tfyat  no$  mefyr.    2)ie  beiben  ^eften  finb% 
SRoftberg  unb  6arnen,  bie  ber  Sanbmann  fiird^tet; 
Qznn  Winter  ifyren  gelfentoaHen  fcfyirmt     wdi+Jr 
2)er  gfeinb  "W  ta$*  unb  fcfydbiget  bad  £anb, 
1060  3Jtit  eignen  Slugen  toottt'  icfy  ed  erfunben, 

%<fy  toar  $u  ©amen  unb  befafy  bie  Surg.  (Xe 

^tauffae^er. 

3#r  toagtet  @u$  bid  in  bed  Sigerd  §5fyle? 

9Reldjtya(. 

3$  toar  fcerfleibet  bort  in  ^Jilgerdiracfyt, 
3c^  fafy  ben  Sanbfcogt  an  ber  Safel  fcfytoelgen  — 
1065  Urteilt,  ob  icfy  mein  §er$  bejtoingen  f ann ; 
3$  fafy  ben  geinb,  unb  icfy  erfcfylug  ifyn  nicfyt. 

©tauffatfjer* 
gfiirtoafyr,  bad  ©liicf  toar  Surer  ^iifynfyeit  fyotb. 
(Unterbeffen  fmb  bie  atibcrn  ftmbfeute  toortuartg  gefommen  unb  ndfjern 
ftd)  ben  beiben.) 

$0$  je$o  fagt  mir,  toer  bie  greunbe  finb 
Unb  bie  gerecfyien  Scanner,  bie  @u$  folgten? 
1070  Sftacfyt  micfy  befannt  mit  il)nen,  baft  fair  und 
3utrauli$  nafyen  unb  bie  §erjen  offnen. 

9tteier. 

2Ber  lennte  gucfy  nid^t,  £err,  in  hm  brei  Sanben? 
%d)  bin  ber  9Jiei'r  toon  ©amen;  bied  fyier  ift 
SKein  ©cfytoefterfofyn,  ber  ©trutfy  Don  2Binfelrieb. 

<Stauftad)tr. 

1075  3$r  nennt  wit  leinen  unbefannten  Seamen, 
©in  Sinfelrieb  toar'd,  ber  ben  SDracfyen  fd^lug 


2.  2luf 3 ug-    2.  Scene.  59 

^m  ©umpf  bet  2BetIer  unb  fein  Seben  liefc 
3>n  biefem  ©traufc. 

SBinfelrieb. 

2)a§  toar  mein  2lljn,  §err  SBerner. 

2Jieltf|tI)al  (seigt  auf  $tt>ei  Sanbleutc). 

3)ie  toofynen  fyinterm  2Balb,  ftnb  ^lofterleute 
1080  3Som  (Sngelberg  —  3$r  toerbet  fie  brum  m$t 
Seracfyten,  toetl  fie  eigne  Seute  ftnb, 
Unb  nicfyt  toie  fair  frei  ft§en  auf  bem  Srbe  — 
©ie  lieben'3  Sanb,  ftnb  fonft  aucr)  toofyl  berufen. 

©tattffadjer  (ju  ben  beiben). 

(&tht  mir  bie  §anb !    @3  pretfe  ftcfy,  toer  feinem  . 
1085  Tlit  feinem  Seibe  pflicfytig  ift  auf  Srben ; 
®ocfy  Jteblicfyfeit  gebeifyt  in  jebem  ©tanbe. 

$onrab  §umt. 
2)a§  ift  §err  9tebing,  unfev  2lltlanbammann. 

9tteier. 
3$  fenn'  ifyn  toofyl.    Sr  ift  mein  SBiberpart, 
Ser  urn  ein  alteS  (SrbftiidE  mit  mir  recfytet. 
1090  —  §err  Slebing,  Voir  finb  $einbe  Dor  ©ericfyt ; 
§ier  finb  Voir  einig. 

(Sdjiittelt  ifym  bie  £anb.) 
(Stauffadjer, 

3)a3  ift  brafc  gefprocr)en. 
2Bittfelneb. 
£ort  ifyr?    ©ie  lommen.    §ort  ba3  §om  &on  Mn! 
(5Rec^t§  unb  tints  ftet)t  man  betoaffnete  banner  mit  SBinbfcidjteru  bie  tfretfen 
tyerabfteigen.) 

5tuf  ber  2ttauer, 

©efyt!     ©tetgt  ntcr)t  felbft  ber  fromme  3)iener  ©otte£, 
S)cr  toiirb'ge  ^farrer  mit  fyerab?    9iicr;t  fcfyeut  er 


60  rDiitjefm  Cell. 

1095  ®e§  2B*9*8  9Mufyen  unb  bag  ©raun  ber  9la$)t, 
(Sin  treuer  $irte  fur  bag  23olf  ju  forgen. 

23aumgarten. 

2)er  ©igrift  folgt  ifym  unb  §err  !ffialtfyer  gurft; 
£)ocfy  nid^t  ben  £eH  erbltcf  icfy  in  ber  9Kenge. 

SB  a  1 1  $  c  r  jj  ft  r :  ft ,  ^offclmonn  ber  ^Pfarrer,^etermann 
ber  ©igrift,  ^uoni  ber  §irt,  Serni  ber  3ager, 
9tuobi  ber  gifdjer  unb  nod)  fiinf  anbere  £anbleute. 
5llle  gufammcn,  breiunbbreifjig  an  ber  £aty,  treten  fcortoarts  unb 
ftellen  ftd)  urn  ba8  geuer. 

2Balt!)er  ftiirft. 

©o  miifjen  toir  auf  unferm  eignen  ©rb* 

iioo  Unb  fcaterlicfyen  Soben  ung  fcerftofylen 

3ufammen  fcfyleidfyen,  toie  bie  SRorber  tfyun, 
Unb  bet  ber  9?a$t,  bie  ifyren  fcfytoar^en  5Kantel 
9iux  bem  23erbrecfyen  unb  ber  fonnenfcfyeuen 
Serfcfytoorung  leifyet,  unfer  guteg  3ie$t 

1 105  Ung  fyolen,  bag  bocfy  lauter  ift  unb  liar 

©leicfyhne  ber  glan^oH  offne  ©cfyofe  beg  £ageg. 

Safct'g  gut  fein!    28ag  bie  bunfte  9lafyt  gefyonnen, 
©oil  fret  unb  frofyiicfy  an  bag  £t$t  ber  ©onnen. 

TOffelmamt. 

§ort,  toag  mir  ©ott  ing  §erg  giebt,  gibgenojfen! 
1 1 10  2Cir  fter)en  fyier  ftatt  einer  Sanbggemeinbe 

Unb  !onnen  gelten  fur  ein  gan^eg  23oIf. 

©0  lafet  ung  tagen  nad)  ben  alien  33raucfyen 

£>eg  Sanbg,  luie  hnr'g  in  rufyigen  $eiten  pflegen ; 

2Bag  ungefe^licfy  ift  in  ber  Serfammlung, 
ins  Gntfc^ulbige  bie  5Rot  ber  3ett.    2)ocfy  ©ott 


2.  2Iuf3iig.    2.  Scene.  61 

3ft  liberal!,  too  man  bag  9ted;t  toerroaltet, 
Unb  unter  feinem  §immel  ftefyen  ftrir. 

©tauffadjer, 

2Bofyl,  lafct  ung  tagen  nadj  ber  alien  ©ittel 
3ft  eg  gleid^  9?acfyt,  fo  leudjtet  unfer  SWec^t. 

Reft**** 

ii2o  3ft  Qletd^  bie  3afyl  nic&t  tooll,  bag  §er&  ift  tyier 
£eg  ganjen  33olfg,  bie  33  eft  en  finb  &ugegen. 

Jfourab  $unn. 

©inb  aucfy  bie  alten  Suctyer  nicfyt  ^ur  §anb, 
6ie  finb  in  unfre  §er$en  eingefcfyrieben. 

JRoffelmamt. 

•Bofylan,  fo  fei  ber  Sling  fogleicfy  gebilbet! 
1125  9Wan  pflanje  auf  bie  Scfytoerter  ber  ©etoalt! 

5(uf  ber  2ttauer» 

!£>er  Sanbegammann  nefyme  feinen  $la$, 
Unb  feine  SBaibel  ftefyen  iljm  jur  ©eite! 

©igrift. 

@g  ftnb  ber  SSolfer  breie.    2Belcfyem  nun 
©ebiifyrt'g,  bag  §aupt  ju  geben  ber  ©emeinbe? 

aWeier. 

1130  Urn  biefe  ©fyr'  mag  6$tattft  mit  Uri  ftreiten; 
SBir  Untertoalbner  ftefyen  frei  guriicf. 

2Bir  ftefyn  guriicf ;  roir  finb  bie  glefyenben, 
S)ie  §ilfe  fyeifcfyen  toon  ben  macfyt'gen  greunben. 


62  IP i Helm  Cell. 

©tauffattyer. 

©o  nefyme  Uri  benn  ba£  ©cfytoert;  fetn  33anner 
"35  3^*  &**  b*n  Stomerjiigen  un§  tooran. 
SBaU^cr  Prft. 
SDe§  ©cfytoerteS  @fyre  toerbe  ©$to%  ju  tetl; 
Qtrxn  feine^  ©tammeS  tubmen  Vr>ir  un$  aHe. 

fRiiffcImann. 

2)en  ebeln  SBettftreit  lafet  mi$  freunblicfy  fcpc^ten; 
©$to%  foil  im  9iat,  Uri  im  gelbe  fiifyren. 

SBaltyer  prft 
(reic^t  bem  Stauffadjer  bie  Ccfcroerter). 

1 140  ©0  nefymt! 

(Stauffadjer, 

9Zi$t  mir,  bem  2Uter  fei  bie  Gtyre. 
3m  £ofe. 
®ie  meiften  gafyre  i^W  Ulrid^  ber  ©$mib. 

5(uf  ber  2ttauer. 
2)er  2Kann  ift  toacfer,  bodE)  nicfyt  freien  ©tanb§; 
$ein  eigner  Wlann  fann  Slitter  fern  in  ©$to%. 

©tauffadjer, 
©tefyt  ntd^t  §err  Stebing  fyier,  ber  Slltlanbammann  ? 
1 145  2Ba3  fucfyen  toir  nocfy  einen  SBiirbigern? 
SBaltljer  prft, 
@r  fei  ber  2lmmann  unb  be§  £age§  §auj>ti 
SBer  baju  fttmmt,  erfyebe  feine  §anbe! 
(Me  Ijeben  bie  redjte  £anb  auf.) 

[Rebitlg   (tritt  in  bie  sUUtte). 

2$  lann  bie  £>anb  nicfyt  auf  bie  Silver  Iegen, 
©0  fcfytoor'  tcfy  broben  bet  ben  eto'gen  ©ternen, 


2.  21  u  f  3  u  g.    2.  S  c  e  tt  e.  63 

1150  ®aft  idj  mid£)  nimmer  toitt  fcom  9ted;t  entfernen. 

(2ttan  ridjtet  bie  sum  <Sd>roerter  toor  if)m  auf,  ber  ffling  btlbet  jidj  urn  ifyn 
Ijcr,  (S^rot)3  tjciit  bte  DJHtte,  tec^t^  ftelit  ft#  Uri  unb  lin!§  Unterroalbeu.  <5r 
{iefyt  auf  fetn  £d)tadjt|d)roert  gcftiifet.) 

2Ba§  ift'S,  ba§  bie  brei  935Ifer  be$  ©ebirgS 
£ier  an  be3  ©ee£  unhnrtlicfyem  ©eftabe 
3ufammenfitl)rte  in  ber  ©eifterftunbe  ? 
2Ba§  foil  ber  3nfyalt  fetn  be£  neuen  33unb§, 
1 155  2)en  toir  fyier  unterm  ©ternenfyimmel  ftiften? 

©tOttffaC^er  (ttttt  in  ben  9ting). 

2Bir  ftiften  leinen  neuen  55unb;  e3  ift 
(Sin  uralt  33iinbm3  nur  Don  Setter  $eit, 
2)a3  fair  erneuern!    ffiiffet,  ©bgenoffen ! 
Db  un£  ber  See,  ob  un£  bie  Serge  fcfyeiben, 
1 160  Unb  jebe§  3SoI!  ficfy  fitr  ficfy  felbft  regiert, 

So  finb  toir  eine3  ©tammeS  bocfy  unb  93lut3, 
Unb  eine  §eimat  tft'S,  au3  ber  fair  jogen. 

SBinfelneb, 

©0  ift  e3  toafyr,  toie'S  in  ben  Siebern  lautei, 
2)aft  fair  bon  fern  fyer  in  ba§  2anb  getoatlt? 
1165  D,  teilt'3  un3  mit,  toa§  6u$  bafcon  belannt, 
2)af*  fi$  ber  neue  Sunb  am  alten  ftarfe. 

Stauffadjer. 

igort,  toa§  bie  atten  §trten  fidfj  erjafylen. 
—  @3  toar  ein  grofceS  Solf,  ^inten  im  Sanbe 
•Nacfj  SRitternacfyt,  ba3  litt  toon  fcfytoerer  Seurung. 
1 170  3>n  biefer  3lot  befcfyloft  bie  2anb3gemeinbe, 
3)aft  je  ber  ityntz  Sitrger  nadfj  bem  £o$ 
2)er  Setter  Sanb  fcerlaffe  —  2)a§  gefd^afy ! 
Unb  gogen  au§,  toefyflagenb,  banner  unb  SBeiber, 


64  BHIft-elnrCelL 

Sin  grower  ^ycergug,  nad)  ber  9Kittagfonne, 

1175  3Kit  bem  ©cfytoert  ficfy  fcfylagenb  burcfy  ba§  beutfc^e  Sanb, 
8i3  an  bag  §ocfylanb  btefer  SBalbgebirge. 
Unb  efyer  nicfyt  ermiibete  ber  $ug, 
33i3  bafe  fie  famen  in  bag  toilbe  £I?al, 
2Bo  je£t  bie  9Jhtotta  gluifd^en  SBiefen  rinnt  — 

nSo  9lxd)t  9Kenf$enfjntren  toaren  fyier  &u  fefyen, 
■Jtur  eine  §utte  ftanb  am  Ufer  einfam. 
3)a  fafe  ein  9Kann  unb  toartete  ber  gfafyre  — 
2)o$  fyefttg  toogete  ber  ©e'e  unb  toar 
9tt$t  fafyrbar;  ba  befafyen  fie  bag  Sanb 

1185  ©i#  nafyer  unb  getoafyrten  fcfyone  ftiitte 
£)eg  §oI^e§  unb  entbecften  gute  Srunnen 
Unb  meinten,  fid^  im  lieben  SSaterlanb 
3u  finben  —  3)a  Befd&loffen  fie  ju  bleiben, 
(Srbaueten  ben  alten  gflecfen  ©$totyj 

1 190  Unb  fatten  mancfyen  fauren  £ag,  ben  SBalb 
•Dtit  toeit  berfcfylungnen  SBurjeln  au^uroben  — 
S)rauf  alg  ber  Soben  nicfyt  mefyr  ©niigen  fyat 
2)er  3^  b*3  33oIf§,  ba  ^ogen  fte  fyiniiber 
Bum  fcfytoar^en  Serg,  ja  big  ang  SBeifclanb  tyin, 

1 195  SBo,  Winter  eto'gem  Sifegtoall  berborgen, 
©in  (inbreg  SSoIl  in  anbern  3un9en  frnc^t. 
$)en  glecfen  ©tan  3  erbauten  fte  am  $erntoalb, 
SDen  glecfen  21  It  or  f  in  bem  2#al  ber  SReufc  — 
3)o#  blieben  fte  beg  Urfyrungg  ftetg  gebenl; 

i2cx>  2tug  ad  ben  fremben  ©tammen,  bie  feitbem 
3n  2Ritte  ibreg  SanbS  fid^>  angefiebelt, 
ginben  bie  ©cfyto^er  Sftanner  ft$  fyeraug; 
@g  giebt  bag  §erg,  bag  Slut  fi$  5U  erfennen. 

(SReidjt  re#t§  unb  ltnl§  bie  £anb  f)in.; 


2.  71  u  f  3  u  g.    2.  5  c  e  n  e.  65 

8ttf  ber  aWancr. 

2>a,  totr  fmb  eineS  ^er^enS,  eine§  33lut3! 

9ltte  (fi$  bie  £ftnbe  reic&enb). 

i2os  95Ur  fm^  e*n  SSoIf,  unb  etnig  tooBen  Imr  fyanbeln. 
8tauffad)er. 
35ie  anbern  2S5I!er  tragen  frembeS  3o$, 
©ie  Ijaben  ficfy  bem  ©ieger  untertoorfen. 
63  Ieben  felbft  in  unfern  2anbe3marfen 
2)er  ©affen  fctel,  bie  frembe  *PfIi$ten  tragen, 

1210  Unb  ifyre  ^necfytfcfyaft  erbt  auf  i^re  Sinber. 
£)o$  toir,  ber  alien  Scfytoeijer  edgier  ©tamm, 
2Btr  fyabtxx  ftet§  bie  greifyeit  un3  betoafyrt. 
9ftcfyt  unter  giirften  bogen  toir  ba3  $nie, 
greitoiHig  toafylten  h>ir  ben  ©$irm  ber  itaifer. 

f  A    Wo jf elmamt, 

1215  grei  toafylten  toir  be3  9tei$e§  ©$u$  unb  ©d&irm; 
©0  ftefyt'3  bemerft  in  Kaifer  g-riebrid&S  Srief. 

<3tauffad|er. 

Sunn  fyerrenloS  ift  aucfy  ber  greifte  m$t. 
©in  Dberfyaupt  muft  fein,  ein  Ijocfyfter  Sifter, 
2Bo  man  ba3  Jtecfyt  mag  fcfyityfen  in  bem  ©treit. 

1220  ®rum  fyabcn  unfre  SSater  fiir  ben  Soben, 
$)en  fte  ber  alten  2Bilbni3  abgetoonnen, 
3Me  &ljx'  gegonnt  bem  $aifer,  ber  ben  §errn 
©t$  nennt  ber  beutfcfyen  unb  ber  toelfd^en  6rbe, 
Unb,  toie  bie  anbern  greien  feineS  9tei$3, 

1225  ©i$  ifym  311  ebelm  SBaffenbienft  gelobt; 
£>enn  btefeS  ift  ber  greien  ein^ge  $flid)t, 
2)a3  9Jei#  &u  fcfyirmen,  ba3  fie  felbft  befd&irmt. 


66  lV\ll\elm  Cell. 

2Bag  briiber  ift,  ift  9Jierfmat  eineg  ®nt$t$. 

v 
©tauffadjer. 

©ie  folgten,  toenn  ber  §eribann  erging, 
1230  SDem  Sfleicfygpanier  unb  fcfylugen  feine  ©$Ia$ten. 
■ftadlj  2Eelfcfylanb  gogen  fie  getoappnet  mit, 
2)ie  9lomerfron'  il)m  auf  bag  §aupt  §u  fe$en. 
2)afyeim  regierten  fie  ftdj  frofylid;  felbft  \<i^ 

9iad^  altem  Sraucfy  unb  eigenem  ©efefc;      J  ^^ 
1235  ®er  fyod;fte  Slutbann  tear  attem  beg  Saiferg. 
Unb  baju  toarb  beftettt  ein  grower  ©raf, 
SDer  fyatte  feinen  ©i$  ni$t  in  bem  Sanbe. 
SBenn  23lutf$ulb  lam,  fo  rief  man  ifyn  fyerctn, 
Unb  unter  offnem  ^immel,  f$Ii$t  unb  flar, 
1240  ©prad)  er  bag  9te$t  unb  ofyne  fturcfyt  ber  9Kenf<$en. 
3Bo  finb  lu'er  ©puren,  baft  toir  Snedjte  finb? 
3ft  einer,  ber  eg  anberg  ioeift,  ber  rebe! 

3m  £ofe. 

9tein,  fo  feerfyalt  ftcfy  alleg,  tone  2#r  forest, 
©etoaltfyerrfcfyaft  toarb  nie  bei  un^  gebulbet. 

©tauffadjer.  v»%     ■JW 


1245  ®em  &aifer  felbft  fcerfagten  fair  ©efyorfam, 
S)a  er  bag  SRed&t  gu  ©unft  ber  SPfaffen  bog. 
SDenn  alg  bie  Seute  bon  bem  ©ottegfyaug 
©in ft ebe In  ung  bie  2(1))  in  2lnfpru$  na^men, 
2)ie  ftrir  betoeibet  feit  ber  Setter  3eit, 

1250  S)er  2lbt  fyerfitr^og  einen  alten  93rtcf, 
SDer  ifym  bie  fyerrenlofe  SBiifte  fd&enfte  — 
S)enn  unfer  ®afein  fyatte  man  fcerfyefylt  — 
Da  fpracfyen  toir:   „($;rf$K$en  ift  ber  33rtef  1 


2.  21  uf3ug.    2.  Scene.  67 

$ein  $atfer  fann,  toa§  unfer  ift,  fcerf  cfyenf  en ; 
125s  Unb  tuirb  un3  9te$t  t>erfagt  Dom  SRetd),  tx?ir  fonnen 
3>n  unfem  33ergen  au$  be3  Sfteid^  entbefyren." 

—  ©o  tyracfyen  unfre  93dter !     ©ollen  to  i  r  - 
£)e§  neuen  3jocfye3  ©$dnbli$feii  erbulben, 
©rleiben  toon  bem  fremben  $ne$t,  toa§  un3 

1260  3n  fe*ner  yfta<i)t  fein  ^?aifer  burfte  bieten? 

—  2Bir  fyaben  btefen  93oben  un£  erfd^affen 
Durcfy  unfrer  §dnbe  gleifc,  ben  alien  2Balb, 
2)er  fonft  ber  33dren  tt>xlbe  SBofynung  toar, 
3u  einem  ©i£  fur  2Kenfd)en  umgetoanbelt; 

1265  Die  Srut  be3  Dracfyen  fyaben  tx>tr  getotct, 
Der  au3  ben  ©iimpfen  giftgefcfytooUen  ftieg ; 
Die  -Jiebelbecfe  fyaben  toir  ^erriffen, 
Die  etoig  grau  urn  biefe  SBilbniS  tying, 
Den  fyarten  gels  gefyrengt,  iiber  ben  5lbgrunb 

1270  Dem  23anber3mann  ben  ficfyern  ©teg  geleitet; 
Unfer  ift  burcfy  taufenbjdfyrigen  93efi$ 
Der  Soben  —  unb  ber  frembe  £>errenfnectyt 
Sod  fommen  bitrfen  unb  un$  $etten  fctymieben 
Unb  ©djmacfy  antfyun  auf  unfrer  eignen  (Srbe? 

1275  3ft  ^ne  §Mfe  9e9^«  folcfyen  Drang? 

(Sine  Qrofce  SBemegung  unter  t>cn  Canbleuten.) 

9Jein,  eine  ©renje  fyat  SCtyrannenmactyt. 
2Benn  ber  ©ebrtidte  nirgenbS  9te$t  fann  ftnben, 
SBenn  unertrdglicfy  toirb  bie  Saft  —  greift  er 
§inauf  getroften  -Dhtte3  in  ben  §immel 
1280  Unb  fyolt  fyerunter  feine  eto'gen  Stecfyte, 
Die  broben  fyangen  unfeerdufcerlicty 
Unb  underbred) lid)  toie  bie  ©terne  felbft  — 
Der  alte  Urftanb  ber  9tfatur  fefyrt  toieber, 


1 


68  Wxlltclm  (Eel!. 

2Bo  5ftenf$  bem  9Kenf$en  gegeniiber  ftefyt — 
1285  gum  lettfen  SRtttel,  toenn  leirt  anbreg  mefyr 
SBerfangen  toiH,  ift  tfym  bag  ©cfytoert  gegeben — 
£)er  ©liter  fyoc^fteg  biirfen  fair  fcerteib'gen 
©egen  ©eVt>aIt.  —  2Bir  fte^n  fiir  unfer  £anb, 
2Bir  fte^n  fiir  unfre  2Betber,  unfre  Sinber  ! 

5(ttc   (an  tljre  ©djraerter  f$lagenb). 

1290  2Bir  fte^n  fiir  unfre  2Beiber,  unfre  $inber! 

JKiiffcImanit  (tritt  in  ben  SRing). 

(Sty*  ifyr  jum  ©cfytoerte  greift,  bebenft  eg  toofyl! 
3fyr  fonnt  eg  frieblicfy  mit  bem  $aifer  fcfyiicfyten. 
@g  loftet  eudfj  ein  2Bort,  unb  bie  2tyrannen, 
2)ie  eucfy  je£t  fcfytoer  bebrangen,  fcfymeidfyeln  end). 
1295  —  Srgreift,  toag  man  eucfy  oft  geboten  fyat, 

£rennt  eucfy  fcom  Steicfy,  erfennet  fiftreicfyg  $)ofyeit  — 

Sluf  ber  3Waucr. 

2Bag  fagt  ber  ^farrer?    2Bir  ju  fiftreic^  fd&todren! 

£ort  ifyn  nicfyt  aril 

SBinfelrieb. 

'Dag  rat  ung  ein  93errater, 
@tn  geinb  beg  Sanbeg! 

JKebing. 

9tufyig,  ©bgenoffen! 
Setoia, 
1300  2Sir  SDftreicfy  fyulbigen,  nad)  folder  ©$ma$! 
Son  ber  glite. 
2Bir  ung  abtrotjen  laffen  burcfy  ©etoali, 
2Bag  toir  ber  ©iite  toetgerten! 


2.  2luf3ug.    2.  5czm.  69 

atteier* 

35ann  toaren 
2Bir  ©flatten  unb  fcerbtenten,  eg  311  fein ! 

2tuf  ber  2Jiauer. 

2)er  fei  geftofcen  aug  bem  SJtecfyt  ber  ©cfytoeijer, 
1305  2Ber  Don  ©rgebung  f^rid^t  an  Sfterreid) ! 
—  Sanbamtnann,  id?  beftefye  brauf;  bieg  fei 
3)ag  erfie  2anbggefe£,  bag  fair  fyier  geben. 

©0  fei'g !    SBer  toon  ©rgebung  fpri$t  an  fiftreicfy, 
©oil  recfytlog  fein  unb  aHer  (Sfyren  bar. 
1310  $ein  Sanbmann  ne^m'  ifyn  auf  an  feinem  gfeuer. 

9lfle  (§eben  bic  recite  #anb  auf). 

ffiir  toollen  eg,  bag  fei  ©efefc ! 

SRebittfl  (nad)  einer  <Uaufej. 

eg  ift'g. 

fllflffelmamt. 
3e$t  feib  iJ^r  frei,  ifyr  feib'g  bur$  bieg  ©efe§. 
9li<fyt  burcfy  ©etoalt  foil  Dfterreicfy  ertrotjen, 
SBag  eg  bur$  freunblicfy  SBerben  ni$t  erfyielt  — 
Soft  turn  2Betler* 
WS  <3ur  Stagegorbnung,  toeiier! 
SRebtitg* 

©bgenoffen ! 
©inb  atle  fanften  -Dttttel  aucfy  toerfucfyt? 
SSietteid^t  toeifc  eg  ber  Kontg  mcfyt;  eg  ift 
SBofyl  gar  fein  SBitle  nicfyt,  toa§  fair  erbulben. 
Slucfy  biefeg  £e£te  fotlten  Voir  toerfudfjen, 
1320  @rft  unfre  $lage  bringen  Dor  fein  Dfyr, 


70  IP ilfj elm  Cell. 

@fy'  fair  sum  ©<$roerte  greifen.    ©cfyrecflid;  tmmer, 

3lu$  in  gerecfyter  ©a$e,  ift  ©etoalt. 

©ott  ^>itft  nur  bann,  toznn  3}ienfd^en  nicfyt  mefyr  belfem 

©taitffadjer  (|«  tfonrab  §unn). 

9lun  ift'3  an  gucfy,  23eri$t  ju  geben.    SRebet ! 

1325  %d)  Wax  §u  SRE^einfelb  an  b;3  $aifer§  $fal$, 
2Biber  ber  SBogte  fyarten  SDrucf  ju  flagen, 
£)en  23rief  ju  fyolen  unfrer  alten  $reifyeit, 
2)en  jeber  neue  $ontg  fonft  beftatigt. 
£)ie  33oten  bieler  (Stable  fanb  tcfy  bort, 

1330  3Som  fcfytoab'fcfyen  Sanbe  unb  fcom  Sauf  be£  JtyeinS, 
®ie  ad'  erfytelten  t^re  ^ergamente 
Unb  fefyrten  freubig  roieber  in  ifyr  Sanb. 
W\d),  ear  en  33oten,  toieS  man  an  bie  3tate, 
Unb  bie  entliefcen  micfy  mit  Ieerem  £roft: 

1335  „®er  ilaifer  fyabe  bieSmal  leine  3eit; 

@r  toiirbe  fonft  einmal  tr>o^I  an  un£  benfen." 
—  Unb  aU  id)  traurig  bur$  bie  ©ale  ging 
£>er  Sonig^burg,  ba  fafy  id?  §er§og  §anfen 
2>n  einem  (Srler  roeinenb  ftefyn,  urn  tE?n 

1340  2)ie  ebeln  £>errn  fcon  SBart  unb  SCegerfelb, 
£ie  riefen  mir  unb  fagten:  „§elft  eucfy  felbft! 
©erecfyttgfett  erroartet  ni$t  bom  $onig. 
SBeraubt  er  nicfyt  be3  eignen  33ruber§  Sinb 
Unb  fyinterbalt  ifym  fein  gerecfyteS  Srbe? 

1345  ©er  §erjog  flefyt  ifyn  urn  fein  9Jtutterli$e§, 
(Sr  fyaU  feine  gafyre  Doll,  e3  ware 
Sftun  3eit,  aud)  Sanb  unh  Seute  ju  regieren. 
3Sa3  toarb  tl)m  §um  23ef$eib?     (Sin  $ran§lein  feist*  ifym 
SDer  $aifer  auf :  ba3  fei  bie  $kx  ber  $ugenb." 


2,  21  u  f  3  n  g.    2.  S  c  e  n  c.  71 

2(uf  bcr  2ttauei\ 

1350  3#r  fyahVZ  gefyort.     SRed^t  unb  ©erecfytigfeit 
©rtoartet  ntd&t  toom  £aifer!     §elft  eu$  felbft! 

JHebutg. 

yiifytZ  anbreS  bleibt  un§  iibrxg.    3l\m  gebt  $lat, 
2Bie  fair  e§  ftug  §um  frozen  (Snbe  Ietten. 

SBalt^Cr  giirft  Ctritt  in  ben  King). 

SIbtreiben  toollen  Voir  toerfyafcten  3toang; 
1355  2)ie  alten  Siedjte,  toie  toir  fie  ererbt 

SSon  unfern  33atern,  Gotten  toir  betoatyren, 
Uttcfyt  unge^iigelt  nacfy  bem  3?euen  greifen. 
3)em  $aifer  bleibe,  toas  be§  $aifer§  ift ; 
2Ber  etnen  £errn  fyat,  Men'  tfym  pflicfytgemafj. 

SWcier. 

1360  3$  trage  ©ut  toon  £fterrei$  $u  Sefyen. 

2SaItf)cr  prft. 
gf>r  ferret  fort,  fiftrei^  bie  $fli$t  ju  leiften. 

Soft  tioit  2BeUer. 
3$  fteure  an  bie  §errn  toon  StapperStoeil. 

2BaW>er  gitrft. 

S#r  fafyret  fort,  311  &infen  unb  &u  fteuern. 

Oioffelmann. 

3)er  groften  grau  ju  gurcfy  bin  id)  toeretbet. 

IBaUtyv  prft. 
1365  3&*  fiebt  bem  jtlofter,  h>a§  bed  £lofter3  ift. 
Stauffatfjer. 

3$  trage  Icine  Sefyen  al£  be3  Sfteid^. 


72  tt>  i  I  k  1 1  m  C  e  It 

SBaltljer  prft. 

2Bag  fein  mufe,  bag  gefcfyefye,  bocfy  ntcfyt  briiber ! 
2)ie  S3ogte  Pollen  fair  mit  ifyren  $ned?ten 
23erjagen  itnb  bie  feften  ©cfyloffer  brecfyen; 

1370  ®o$,  iuenn  eg  fein  mag,  ofyne  Slut.     @g  fefye 
£>er  $aifer,  baft  tx>tr  notgebrungen  nur 
3)er  @fyrfurd)t  fromme  ^3flicfyten  abgetoorfen. 
Unb  ftefyt  er  ung  in  unfern  ©cfyranfen  bletben, 
SSielleid^t  befiegt  er  ftaatgflug  feinen  $oxn ; 

1375  Senn  bill'ge  gurdfyt  ertoecfet  ficfy  ein  33oIf, 

2)ag  mit  bem  ©d^toerte  in  ber  $auft  fi$  mafcigt. 

SHebutg. 

SDod^  Iaffet  fyoren!     2Bie  boHenben  hrir'g? 
@g  fyat  ber  geinb  bie  SBaffen  in  ber  ipanb, 
Unb  nicfyt,  fitrtoal)r !  in  grieben  toirb  er  toetctyen, 

@tauffad)er. 

1380  Gr  toirb'g,  tuenn  er  in  2Baffen  ung  erblttft ; 
2DSir  itberrafcfyen  tfyn,  el?'  er  ftcfy  riiftet. 

dieter. 

3ft  balb  gefprodfyen,  aber  fd;toer  getfyan. 
Ung  ragen  in  bem  £anb  §n>ei  fefte  ©cfytoffer, 
3)ie  geben  ©cfyirm  bem  ftetnb  unb  toerben  furc^tbar, 
1385  3Benn  ung  ber  $onig  in  bag  Sanb  fotlt'  fallen. 
Sofcberg  unb  ©arnen  muft  be^toungen  fein, 
8$'  man  ein  ©cfytoert  erE^ebt  in  ben  brei  Sanben. 

Stauffactjer. 

©aumt  man  fo  lang',  fo  imrb  ber  gtinb  getoarnt; 
8«  SSiele  finb'g,  bie  bag  ©efyeimmg  teilen. 


2.  21  u  f  3  u  g.    2.  5  c  e  n  *.  73 

2tteter. 
1390  3n  *>en  2BaIbftdtten  finb't  fid)  fein  SSerrater. 

JRoffelmantt. 
£)er  Sifer  and),  ber  gute,  !ann  toerraten. 

SSSaltljer  gNbrft 
©$iebt  man  e3  auf,  fo  toirb  ber  3toing  fcoHenbet 
gn  2lltorf,  unb  ber  SSogt  befeftigt  ftd&. 

2tfeier. 

2$r  benlt  an  euc§. 

©ignft. 

Unb  ifyr  feib  ungered^t. 

aWeie?  (auffa^renb). 

1395  SGBir  ungerecfyt!    2)a3  barf  un$  Uri  bteten! 

JRebittg, 

33ei  eurem  ©be!     5Ru^! 

2Jleier. 
3a,  toenn  ft$  ©$to% 
SSerfte^t  mit  Uri,  mitffen  fair  toofyl  fcfytoeigen. 

JRcbtng. 

3$  mufc  (§u$  toeifen  toor  ber  SanbSgemeinbe, 
2)afc031jr  mit  fyeft'gem  ©inn  ben  grieben  ftdrt! 
1400  ©tefyn  hrir  nid^t  alle  fiir  biefelbe  ©acfye? 

SStnfelrieb. 

2Benn  toir'3  fcerfd^teben  bt§  $um  geft  be§  §erm, 
S)ann  brings- bie  ©ttte  mit,  baft  alle  ©affen 
®em  SSogt  ©ef$en!e  bringen  auf  ba3  ©$Ioj$; 
©0  fonnen  je^en  banner  ober  jVx>5If 


74  ID illi elm  (Cell. 

1405  6t$  untoerbacfytig  in  ber  Surg  fcerfammeln, 
®ie  fiifyreu  fyetmlicfy  fringe  ©tfen  mit, 
®ie  man  gefcfytotnb  fann  an  bie  ©fabe  ftedfen; 
3)enn  niemanb  fommt  mit  SBaffen  in  bie  Surg, 
gunacfyft  im  2Balb  fyalt  bann  ber  grofce  §aufe, 

1410  Unb  toenn  bie  anbern  glitcflicfy  ficfy  be3  2^or3 
(Srmacfytiget,  fo  toirb  ein  §orn  geblafen, 
Uttb  jene  brecfyen  au§  bem  §interl)alt. 
©0  ftrirb  ba§  ©cfylofc  mit  leister  Slrbeit  unfer. 

2Reid)tl)al. 

©en  Jtofeberg  ubernefym'  \ti)  gu  erfteigen, 
1415  ©enn  eine  £irn'  be3  ©cfyloffeS  ift  mir  fyolb, 
Unb  leicfyt  bettor'  id)  fie,  gum  nacfytlicfyen 
Sefucfy  bie  fd&toanfe  Setter  mir  $u  reic^en; 
33in  id)  broben  erft,  giefy'  icfy  bie  greunbe  na$. 

JHebing. 

3ff«  aUcr  2BiHe,  bafc  fcerf  $oben  toerbe? 

($>ie  2Kel)rf)eit  erfyebt  2)ie  £anb.) 
(Stauffat^er  (stt$lt  bie  ©timmen). 

1420  63  ift  ein  9ttefyr  toon  $toanjtg  gegen  gtoolf! 
2BattI)er  gitrft. 

SBenn  am  beftimmten  £ag  bie  Surgen  fallen, 
©0  geben  ftrir  bon  einem  33erg  gum  anbern 
®a§  3ei<$eit  mit  bem  9tau$;  ber  Sanbfturm  toirb 
2lufgeboten,  fc^neH,  im  §auJ)tort  jebe§  2anbe§. 
1425  2Benn  bann  bie  ffiogte  fefyn  ber  SBaffen  @rnft, 
©laubt  mir,  fie  toerben  ficfy  be§  ©treits  begeben 
Unb  gem  ergreifen  frieblid;e$  ©eleit, 
2tu§  unfern  SanbeSmarfen  §u  enttoeid&en. 


2.  21  u  f  3  u  g.    2.  S  c  e  n  e.  75 

<Siauffa<f|er. 

9iur  mit  bem  ©efcler  fiird^t'  id)  fcfytoeren  ©tanb, 
1430  gurcfytbar  \\t  er  mit  9ieiftgen  umgeben ; 

■Jiicfyt  ofyne  Slut  raumt  er  bag  gelb;  ja  felbft 
S3ertrieben,  bleibt  er  furcbtbar  nod)  bem  Sanb. 
©darner  ift'g  unb  faft  gefafyrlicfy,  ifyn  $u  fcfyonen. 

Saumgarten. 

SBo'g  fyalggefafyrlidj  ift,  ba  ftettt  micH™1 
1435  ®em  ^e^  towbanF  id)  mein  gerettet  Seben, 
©em  fdjlag'  itift  in  bie  ©$an$e  fur  bag  2anb, 
9Kein'  ©fyr'  fyab'  icfy  befcfyiifct,  mein  §erj  befriebigt. 

[Rebutg, 
©te  Sett  bringt  3tat.    grtoartet'g  in  ©ebulb! 
■Btan  muft  bem  Stugenblicf  au$  toag  fcertrauen. 
1440  —  3)o$  fefyt,  inbeg  toir  nacfytlid^  fyier  nod)  tagen, 
©tcHt  auf  ben  fyocfyften  Sergen  fd^on  ber  SMorgen 
3)ie  gliifynbe  §odf)toa$t  aug  —  $ommt,  lafet  ung  fd^eiben, 
Jty'  ung  beg  £ageg  Seud&ten  iiberrafd^t. 

SBalt^er  $urft. 

©orgt  m$t,  bie  3lad)t  toeicfyt  Iangfam  aug  ben  £fyalern. 
(9ine  tyaben  untmflfurli^  bie  £ute  abaenommen  unb  betradjten  mit  (iiHer 
©ammlung  bie  9ttorgenr5te. 

TOffelmamt. 

1445  Sei  biefem  Sicfyt,  bag  ung  juerft  begriifct 
3Son  alien  SSolfern,  bie  tief  unter  ung 
©djjtoer  atmenb  toofynen  in  bem  Qualm  ber  ©tabte, 
Safet  ung  ben  ©ib  beg  neuen  33unbeg  fcfytooren. 
--  2Bir  Gotten  fein  ein  einjig  33olf  toon  Srubern,*) 

145c*  3>n  feiner  5ftot  ung  trennen  unb  ©efafyr.        *-/ 
C^lttc  fprecfyen  e§  nad)  mit  erfyobeiten  bret  Sfinflcm.) 


76  rDtlfjelm  Cell. 

^-—  SGBir  tooHen  frei  fetn,  toie  bie  SSdter  toaren, 
\Jg£er  ben  Sob,  ati  in  ber  Snecfytfcfyaft  leben. 

(SBie  oben.) 

—  2Bir  Gotten  trauen  auf  ben  fyocfyften  ©ott 

Unb  un§  nicfyt  fiircfyten  fcor  ber  5Jtadjt  ber  SJZenfd^en. 

(SBie  oben.    5Die  Canbleute  umarmen  einanber.) 

Stanffacfyer.  m000* 

H55  3e£*  8e^e  ie^er  f^ineS  2Bege3  ftitt 

3u  feiner  greunifcfyaft  unb  ©enofifame! 

2Ber  §irt  ift,  tointre  rufyig  feine  iperbe 

Unb  toerb'  im  ©iitten  greunbe  fiir  ben  Sunbl  \ 

—  2Ba§  no$  bis  bafyin  mufc  erbulbet  toerben,       ^Bh  - 
1460  ©rbulbet'S !    Safct  bie  Jiecfynung  ber  Styrannen      /     b^~+ 

Stntoacfyfen,  bi3  ein  Sag  bie  aHgemeine  f 

Unb  bie  befonbre  ©cfyulb  auf  einmal  &afyli. 
Se^a^me  jjeber  bie  gerecfyte  2But  1 

Unb  tyare  fiir  ba§  ®anje  feine  3ta$e; 
1465  2)enn  9taub  begefyt  am  aHgemeinen  ©ut, 
2Ber  felbft  ft$  bilft  in  feiner  eignen  ©a$e. 

(3nbem  fie  ju  brei  toerfdjiebenen  Seiten  in  grSfcter  5Rul)e  abgeljen,  ffiHt  ba8 
Ordjefier  mit  einem  pradjtooHen  Sd)ttmng  ein ;  bie  Ieere  ©cene  bteibt 
nod)  eine  3ett  lang  offen  unb  jeigt  ba3  ©d&aujjnel  ber  aufgetyenben  (Sonne 
fiber  t>en  6i§gebtrgen.) 


tyxxiUx  3ftitfjug* 


(£rfte  Suwz. 

£of  t>or  %eU$  £aufe. 

%tl\  ifl  mit  bcr  3itninerajrt,  §  e  b  roi  g  mit  einer  fjau$Iid)en  Arbeit 
befdjaftigt.  SBattljer  unb  SBttljeim  in  bcr  £iefe  fpielen  mit 
cincr  flcincn  2lrmbruft. 

SBaltyer  (fmgt). 
■Ditt  bem  ^Sfetl,  bem  23ogen 
2)ur$  ©ebtrg  unb  £fyal 
Kommt  ber  ©$iit}  gejogen 
1470  grtify  am  9Korgenftrafyt. 

2Bte  im  9tet$  ber  Siifte 
£onig  ift  ber  2Bety  — 
2)ur$  ©ebtrg  unb  &Iufte 
§errfcfyt  ber  ©cfyitfce  fret. 

/47s  3^m  gefydrt  ba3  2Bette, 

2Ba3  fein  ^5fett  erretcfyt, 
2)a3  ift  feme  33eute, 
2Ba§  ba  freucfyt  unb  fleugt. 

(&ommt  Qefprungen.) 

$)er"  ©trang  ift  mtr  ent§toet.    $Rafy  mtr  ityn,  SBater. 
£eu\ 
1480  3$  nid&t.    @tn  renter  ©c$u$e  fyilft  fid§>  felbft. 

(#naben  entfernen  jt#.) 

n 


78  VOxllitlm  Cell. 

$ebaug. 
SDte  Knaben  fangen  jeittg  an  $u  fcfyiefjen. 

Sell. 

%xify  ubt  fi$,  toa§  ein  -Bteifter  toerben  toitfo 

$ebtmg. 
2tdj,  toottte  ©ott,  fie  lernten'S  nie! 

Sett. 

©ie  folten  aHe§  lemen.    28er  burets  Seben 
1485  ©i$  frtfd^  toill  fd^Iagen,  mufe  &u  ©#ufc  unb  £rufc 
©eriiftet  fein. 

£ebtt>tfl. 
21$,  e3  toirb  leiner  feme  Stu^ 
3u  §aufe  finben. 

ZtU. 
SMutter,  t$  fann'3  aud^  ni$t. 
3um  §irten  fyat  9iatur  micfy  nicfyt  gebilbet; 
SRaftlo^  muft  icfy  ein  fliid^txg  giel  fcerfolgen. 
1490  JDann  erft  genieft'  icfy  meineS  SebenS  red^t, 
SBenn  i<$  mirT3  jeben  £ag  aufS  neu  erbeute. 

$ebtt>ig. 

Unb  an  bie  2tngft  ber  §au$frau  benfft  bu  ni$t, 

£)ie  ficfy  inbeffen,  beiner  toartenb,  fyarmt. 

SDenn  mtcfy  erfuHt'3  mit  ©raufen,  lt>a^  bie  ®nec§te 

1495  33on  euren  2Bagefafyrten  ftcfy  ergd^Ien ; 
Set  jebem  Slbfcfyieb  jittert  mir  ba§  §erj, 
$)afe  bu  mir  nimmer  toerbeft  toieberfefyren0 
3$  fefye  bicfy,  im  totlben  ©tSgebirg 
Serirrt,  Don  einer  ^lippe  311  ber  anbern 

1500  2)en  gefylfyrung  ifyun,  fefy',  n>ie  bie  ©emfe  bi$ 


3,  21  u  f  3  u  g.    \.  S  c  e  n  e.  79 

SUicffyringenb  mit  ftcty  in  ben  SIbgrunb  reifet, 
2Bie  eine  28inblaftrine  btd^  fcerfcfyiittet, 
9Bie  unter  bir  ber  triigerifdje  garn 
©inbricfyt,  unb  bu  fyinabfinfft,  ein  lebenbig 

1505  Segrabner,  in  bic  fcfyauerlicfye  ©ruft  — 
2tcb,  ben  fcertoegnen  SUpenjager  fyafctyt 
2)er  Stob  in  fyunbert  toecfjfelnben  ©eftalten! 
SDaS  ift  ein  ungliicffelige^  ©etoerb', 
2)aS  tyalSgefafyrlicty  fiifyrt  am  2lbgrunb  fyin! 
£eK, 

1510  2Ber  frtfcfy  umfyerfyafyt  mit  gefunben  Sinnen, 
2luf  ©ott  fcertraut  unb  bie  gelenle  $raft, 
2)er  ringt  fid^  leicfyt  au§  jeber  gtafyr  unb  5Rot; 
$)en  fcfyrecft  ber  33erg  ntcfyt,  ber  barauf  geboren. 

(6r  Ijat  feme  Arbeit  bollenbet,  Icgt  ba$  ©erflt  IjtnttJCfl.) 

3e£t,  mein'  icty,  fyalt  bag  S£I)or  auf  Satyr  unb  Sag. 
1515  £)ie  3ljt  im  £au£  crf^art  ben  gimmermann. 

(9Hmmt  ben  £ut.) 

^ebtoig. 

2Bo  getyft  bu  tyin? 

Sett. 

Sftacty  ailtorf,  &u  bem  3Sater. 
§ebttng, 
©innft  bu  aucty  nictyts  ©efatyrlictyeS?    ©eftefy  mir'8! 

Set. 
SGBie  fommft  bu  barauf,  grau? 

£ebwtg. 

(S3  frinnt  ftcty  ettoa* 
©egen  bie  SSogte  —  2luf  bem  SWltli  toarb 
1520  ©etagt,  tcfy  toeifc,  unb  bu  bift  aucty  im  Sunbe. 


80  IPtl^elm  Cell. 

XtU. 
3$  toar  nid^t  mit  babei  —  bo$  toerb'  icfy  tm$ 
5Dem  Sanbe  nicfyt  entgiefyen,  town  e£  ruft. 

$ebttrig. 

6ie  toerben  bi$  fyinftellen,  too  ©efafyr  ift; 

2)a§  ©d;toerfte  tx>irb  bein  3lnteil  fetn,  h>ie  immer. 

sen. 

1525  ©in  jeber  toirb  befteuert  na$  23ermogen. 

$ebttug. 
3)en  Untertoalbner  tyaft  bu  aucfy  im  Sturmc 
fiber  ben  (See  gefefyafft  —  (Sin  SBunber  Wax's, 
35aft  iE^r  entfommen  —  2)a$teft  bu  benn  gar  nid^t 
3ln  Sinb  unb  SBeib? 

Sell. 
2teb  SDScib,  \<f)  bad&t*  an  eu#! 
1530  SDrum  rettet'  i$  ben  SSater  feinen  Sinbern. 

£ebwtg. 

3u  fdfyiffen  in  bem  fcwt'gen  <5ee!    2)a3  tyeifjt 
9Ji$t  ©ott  fcertrauen!    SDaS  ^eifet  ©ott  fcerfud&ent 

Sell. 
SBer  gar  gu  t>tel  bebenft,  toirb  toenig  letften. 

$ebttiig. 

3a,  bu  btft  gut  unb  fyilfreicfy,  bieneft  alien, 
153s  Unb  it)enn  bu  felbft  in  9iot  fommft,  fyilft  bir  leincr. 

Sell. 

SBer^ut'  eg  ©ott,  baft  \<fy  nid&t  §ilfe  braud&e! 
(6r  nimmt  bie  Strmbruft  unb  ^pfeite.) 


3.  2Iuf3ug.    \.  Scene.  81 

2BaS  toittft  bu  mit  ber  Strmbruft?    Safe  fie  fyier! 
9Kir  fefylt  ber  2lrm,  h?enn  mir  bie  2Baffe  fefylt. 

(S)ie  tfnaben  fommcn  jurttcf.) 

2BaltI)er. 

93ater,  too  gefyft  bu  fyin? 

SRad&  ailtorf,  itnabe, 
1540  3um  @fym  —  2BiHft  bu  mtt? 

SBaltljer. 

3a,  freilicty  toil!  i$. 
$ebtorig. 
SDer  Sanbbogt  ift  jefct  bort.    Sleib'  toeg  bon  Sltorf! 

Xett. 
6r  getyt,  no$  fyeute. 

#ebtoig. 
2)rum  lafe  tfyn  erft  fort  fein ! 
©emafyn'  ifyn  nid&t  an  bid&;  bu  toeifet,  er  groUt  un3. 

£eH. 
SWir  foil  fetn  bofer  SBtHe  ni$t  fciel  fd^aben, 
'545  3$  ^ue  re$*  unb  fd^eue  fetnen  getnb. 

£ebttrig. 
S)te  red^t  tfyun,  ^Un  bie  fyafet  er  am  meiften. 

2BeiI  er  nt$t  an  fte  fommen  fann  —  3Wicfy  toirb 
2)er  Sitter  toofyl  in  grieben  Iaffen,  mein'  id&. 


82  ID  tilt  elm  (Eel!. 

$ebto>i0. 

©o,  roeifct  bu  bag? 

ZtU. 

@3  ift  mcfyt  Iange  fyer, 

1550  $)a  ging  i$  jagen  burcfy  bie  roilben  ©riinbe 

X>e3  ©cfyacfyentfyalS  auf  menfdjenleerer  ©pur, 

Unb  ba  ic^>  einfam  einen  gelfenfteig 

aSerfoIgte,  too  nicfyt  auSjutoeicfyen  toar, 

2)enn  iiber  mir  tying  fd&roff  bie  gelStoanb  fyer, 

1555  Unb  unten  rau[ctyte  furctyterlicty  ber  ©cfyacfyen, 

(SDie  tfnaben  brfingen  fid)  red)t3  unb  linfS  an  tt)n  unb  jeljen  mit  sejpannter 
9Jeugicr  au  itjm  fyinauf.) 

3)a  fam  ber  Sanbtoogt  gegen  micfy  bafyer, 

@r  gan$  attetn  mit  mir,  ber  aucfy  attein  mar, 

33Iofc  5Kenf$  &u  SKenfcfy,  unb  neben  un3  ber  2lbgrunb, 

Unb  al3  ber  §erre  mein  anficfytig  toarb 

1560  Unb  micty  erfannte,  ben  er  furj  $ubor 
Urn  fleiner  Urfacty'  toiUen  fcfytoer  gebiifct, 
Unb  fafy  mid)  mit  bem  ftattlicfyen  ©etoefyr 
5Datyer  gefcfyritten  fommen,  ba  fcerblafct'  er, 
SDie  $nie'  fcerfagten  ifym,  \<fy  fafy  e§  fommen, 

1565  SDafc  er  je£t  an  bie  gelStoanb  toiirbe  finfen. 
—  3)a  jammerte  micty  fein,  icty  trat  ju  itym 
Sefcfyeibentlicfy  unb  fyracfy  :  3$  &in'S,  §err  2anbtoogt. 
6r  aber  fonnte  feinen  armen  Saut 
2lu§  feinem  SRunbe  geben  —  5Kit  ber  £anb  nur 

1570  SBinff  er  mir  fcfytoeigenb,  meineS  2Beg3  &u  gefyn ; 
S)a  ging  icty  fort  unb  fanbf  itym  fein  ©efolge. 

^ebtoig. 

(Sr  tyat  bor  bir  ge^ittert  —  SBetye  bir ! 
2)afe  bu  ifyn  fctytoacfy  gefetyn,  fcergtebt  er  nie. 


3.  21  u  f  3  u  g.    \.  5  c  e  n  e.  83 

Sell. 

£)rum  metb'  i$  tfyn,  unb  er  toirb  mi$  nid^t  fucfyen. 

$ebtmg. 

1575  Sleib  fyeute  nur  bort  toeg.    ©el)  lieber  jagen! 

2ett. 
2Ba8  fattt  bir  cin? 

£ebtt>ig. 

3Jtid&  angftigt'3.    SBIeibe  toeg! 

£ea. 
2Bie  fannft  bu  bic§  fo  ofyne  Urfa#'  qualen? 

§ebtt>ig. 

SBeil'S  feme  Urfadfr'  fat  —  Jell,  bleibe  ^ier! 

Sen. 

3$  fyab'3  fcertyrocfyen,  UebeS  2Betb,  &u  fommen. 

$ebtotfl. 
i58o2Kuf*t  bu,  fo  gefy —  nur  laffe  mir  ben  $naben! 
SBaliljer. 
•Kern,  -Dtuttercfyen.    3$  9e^e  mi*  *>em  3Sater. 

^ebmig. 
SOBalti,  berlaffen  hnllft  bu  beine  SJhitter? 

2Baltljer. 

3$  bring'  bir  au$  toaS  §ubf#e§  mit  bom  Gfym. 
(®ef)t  mit  bem  Safer.) 

SBttyelm. 

•JRutter,  i$  bleibe  bei  bir! 


84  rDUfjelm  Cell. 

$cbtt>tg  (umarmt  il)n). 

3a,  bu  bifi 
1585  2Kein  liebeS  Stnb,  bu  bletbft  mir  nod)  alletn! 
(Ste  ge^t  an  ba§  #oftf)or  nnb  folfit  ben  2Ibgef)enben  lange  mit  ben  2luaen.) 


<5tt>ette  Scene. 

(Sine  etngc^toffene  mitbe  2Balbgeaenb.    Staubba^e  jlurjen  toon  ben  ftetfen, 
SBertfya  im  3agb!leib.    ©tetdj  barauf  ^ubeitg. 
Sertlja. 
@r  folgt  mtr.     ©nbltcfy  !ann  i$  mt$  erflaren. 

JHttbcnj  (tritt  raf$  tin). 

graulein,  je$t  enblicfy  finb'  id&  (Sucfy  aHein, 
Slbgriinbc  fcfyliefcen  rings  umfyer  un§  ein; 
3>n  biefer  SBilbmS  fitrcfyt'  i$  leincn  3eu9^ 
1590  S3om  £er$en  toal$'  i$  biefeS  lange  ©ctytoeigen  — 

Sertlja. 

©eib  S^r-getarifc,  baft  un3  bie  3^9*>  ™$*  f olgt  ? 

SRubenj. 

2)ie  3a9^  ift  bort  IjinauS  —  $efct  ober  nie ! 
$$  mufc  ben  teuren  $lugenblicf  ergreifen  — 
(Sntfd^ieben  fefyen  muft  icfy  mein  ©efcfyidf, 
1595  Unb  foHt'  e£  mi<$  auf  ett)tg  Don  @u$  fd^eiben. 
—  D,  toaffnet  (Sure  gtit'gen  SBIidfe  ni$t 
9JHt  biefer  finftern  ©trenge  —  SB  e  r  bin  icfy, 
£)afe  \§  ben  fiifynen  2Bunj$  $u  @u$  erfyebe? 
2Jtt$  fyat  ber  3tufym  no$  nicfyt  genannt;  icfy  barf 


3.  2Iuf3ug.    2.  Scene.  85 

1600  9Jli$  in  bie  9ieuy  nicfyt  ftellen  mit  ben  bittern, 
2)te  fiegberufymt  unb  gldn^enb  (Sucfy  umtoerben. 
■KicfytS  fyab'  icfy  ate  mem  §erg  tooH  £reu'  unb  Siebe  — 

JBett^a  (crnft  unb  ftreng). 

®urft  $fyr  Don  Siebe  reben  unb  toon  £reue, 
35er  treuloS  toirb  an  feinen  ndcfyften  ^flicfyten? 
(01  u ben 3  tritt  aurudf.) 

1605  2)er  ©flafce  £)fterreicH  ber  ficfy  bem  grembling 
33erfauft,  bem  Unterbriicfer  feineS  33oIf3? 

^ube«a. 

93on  ©ucfy,  mein  grdulein,  fyor'  i$  biefen  33ortourf? 
2Ben  fucfy'  i$  benn  al§  @u$  auf  jener  ©eite? 

Sertlja. 

9Ki$  benft  3^r  auf  ber  ©eite  beg  Serrate 
1610  3u  finben?    gfyer  tooHt'  icfy  meine  iganb 

3)em  ©efeler  felbft,  bem  Unterbriicfer,  fctyenfen, 
2113  bem  naturfcergefcnen  ©obn  ber  ©cfytoeia, 
®er  ftcfy  ju  feinem  2Berf^eug  matfjen  fann! 

Otfubens. 

D  ©ott,  toaS  mufc  i$  fyoren! 
Sertija. 

2Bie?    2Ba$  Kegt 
1615  3)em  guten  9Jtenf$en  ndfyer  al3  bie  ©etnen? 

©iebt'3  fcfyonre  $flicfyten  fiir  ein  ebleS  §er$, 

2113  ein  Serteibiger  ber  Unfcfyulb  fein, 

3)a3  5le$t  be§  Unterbriicften  gu  befdnrmen? 

—  SDie  ©eele  blutet  mir  urn  @uer  Sol! ; 
1620  !gcfy  leibe  m  i  t  ifym,  benn  id?  muft  e3  Uebe^ 

£>aS  fo  befcfyeiben  ift  unb  bo$  Doll  Kraft; 


86  XT»  i  1  ^  c  I  m  dell. 

@3  jiefyt  mein  ganger  §erg  mt$  $u  ifym  fyn, 
Wit  jebem  £age  Uxn'  \fy$  mefyr  fcerefyren. 
—  gfyr  aber,  ben  S^atur  unb  SWtterpjTtcfyt 
1625  %fym  gum  geborenen  23efcbii£er  gaben, 
Unb  ber'§  fcerlafU,  ber  treulo§  iibertritt 
3um  geinb  unb  $etten  fcfymiebet  fetnem  Sanb, 
3#r  feib'3,  ber  mid;  fcerle|t  unb  Irdnft;  i$  muft 
3Jtein  §er$  begmtngen,  ba|  i$  @u$  nt$t  ^affe. 

1630  SBiH  t$  benn  nid^t  ba§  33efte  meineS  SolfS? 
3$m  unter  DftreicfyS  mad^t'gem  ©center  nicfyt 
®en  grieben  — 

Sertlja. 

$ne$tf$aft  rooHt  2#*  ty*n  bereiten! 
£)ie  greifyeit  toollt  3#r  au3  bem  letjten  ©cfylofe, 
2)a£  ifyr  nocfy  auf  ber  ©rbe  blieb,  feerjagen. 
1635  ®*%  33*>tf  berftefyt  fi$  beffer  auf  fein  ©lucf ; 
$ein  ©cfyein  fcerfiifyrt  fein  ftcfyereS  ©efufyl. 
6u$  fyahtn  fie  ba3  9te$  um3  Qaupt  geroorfen  —      •' 

93ertl)a!     3$r  fyafet  micfy,  %fyx  feeracfytet  mi$! 

Sertlja. 

%fyaV  W%,  mir  ware  beffer  —  Slber  ben 
1640  SSerad^tet  f  e  fy  e  n  unb  toeracfytungSroert, 
35en  man  gem  lieben  mocfyie  — 

sJiube«5. 

Sert^a!  Serial 
3$r  jeiget  mir  ba§  fyocfyfte  §immel3glui 
Unb  fturjt  mi$  tief  in  einem  Slugenblicf. 


3.  21  uf 3 ug.    2.  Scene.  87 

fdtttya. 

5Rein,  nein,  ba§  ©ble  ift  ntcfyt  gan§  erfttdft 
1645  3n  @u$  •    ®3  fcfylummert  nur,  i$  toill  eg  toecfen ; 

3#r  mii^t  ©etoalt  auSiiben  an  @ud)  felbft, 

2)ie  angeftammte  £ugenb  ju  ertoten; 

2)ocfy  toofyl  Sucfy,  fie  ift  macfytiger  al3  2#r, 

Unb  tro£  @u$  felber  feib  3#r  0"*  unb  ebei! 
JRuben-$. 
1650  3$r  glaubt  an  mic§ !     D  Sertfya,  alleS  lafet 

9Jtt$  ©ure  Siebe  fein  unb  toerben! 

Sertlja. 

©eib, 
SB05U  bie  fyerrlid^e  Sftatur  @u$  tnad&te! 
(Srfuat  ben  $pia$,  fool)in  fte  ®u$  geftellt, 
3u  ©urern  SSoIfe  ftefyt  sunb  ©urem  Sanbe, 
1655  Unb  fdmpft"  fiir  fiuer  fyeilig  Stecfyt ! 

2Bety  mir! 
2Bie  lann  icfy  @u$  erringen,  ©u$  beft^en, 
2Benn  i$  ber  -Diactjt  be§  KaiferS  foiberftrebe? 
Sft'S  ber  Sertoanbten  mdcfyt'ger  2Bitte  ni#t, 
2)er  itber  (Sure  §anb  ttyranmfcfy  tualtet  ? 

Serilja. 

1660  gn  ben  SBalbftatten  liegen  meine  ©liter, 
Unb  ift  ber  ©$n)eijer  fret,  fo  bin  aucfy  id&'S. 

JRubena. 

SBertfya !   toelcfy  einen  Slid  tfyut  2$r  m^  <w*f ! 

23crtlja. 
§offt  nicfyt  burcfy  Dftrei$§  ©unft  mi$  ju  erringen; 
3laty  meinem  ©rbe  ftrecfen  fie  bie  §anb, 


90  IDtHcIm 'drell. 

gerftoren  f<$  —  SBefy  mir !    2Bie  ftunb'3  um  mid^, 
1720  2Benn  idf?  bem  ftol^en  Slitter  mitfjte  folgen, 
£)em  Sanbbebriicfer,  auf  fein  finftreg  Scfyloft! 
—  §ier  ift  fein  ©cfylofc.     3Jltd^  fcfyeiben  feine  3Rauern 
SSon  einem  33olf,  ba§  icfy  begliicfen  fann! 

2)o$  hne  micfy  retten  —  toie  bie  ©cfylinge  Iofen, 
1725  3Me  icfy  mir  tfyoricfyt  felbft  um£  §aupt  cjelegt? 
33ertlja, 
3errei^e  fie  nut  mtinnlicfyem  @ntf$Iuf$! 
2Ba§  aucfy  brauS  toerbe  —  fte^>  gu  beiuem  3SoIf! 
@3  ift  bein  angeborner  $la£. 

(3agDl)5mcr  in  ber  fjerne.) 

SDie  3agb 
Sommt  nafyer  —  gort,  toir  miiffen  fc^eiben  —  Sampfe 
1730  gitr§  SBaterlanb,  bu  lampfft  fiir  beine  Siebe ! 
&  ift  ein  geinb,  fcor  bem  toir  alle  ^ittern, 
Unb  eine  greifyeit  macfyt  un3  alle  frei! 

(®e^en  ab.) 


Dritte  Scene. 

SMefe  bei  HItorf. 

9tn  Borbergrmtb  93aume,  in  bcr  Xiefe  ber  -£ut  auf  eincr  (Stange. 
S)er  ^rofpect  luirb  begrengt  burdj  ben  SBcmnberg,  fiber  toetdjem  ein 
€5cf)neegebirg  emporragt. 

grtegljarbt  nnb  Seutljotb  fallen  S&acfje. 
gricparbt, 
3Bir  paffen  auf  umfonft.     63  toiff  ft$  niemanb 
£eran  begeben  unb  bem  §ut  fein'  9te&eren$ 


3.  21  u f  3  ug.    3.  Scent.  91 

1735  @^etgen.     '3  toar  bo$  fonft  tote  gafyrmarft  fyier; 
Sefct  ift  ber  ganje  Singer  tote  aerobe:, 
©ettbem  ber  $opanj  auf  ber  ©range  fyangt. 

ficutljolb. 

yinx  fd&Ied&t  ©eftnbel  lafct  ftcfy  fe^n  unb  fcfytoingt 
Un3  jum  23erbrte|e  bte  $erlum£ten  2JUt$en. 
1740  2Ba3  recite  2eute  ftnb,  bte  madden  lieber 
2)en  langen  Umtoeg  urn  ben  fyalten  glecfen, 
©^  fte  ben  Jlucfen  beugten  Dor  bem  §ut. 

grieParbt. 
©ie  miiffen  itber  btefen  $la£,  toenn  fie 
93om  3iail)au3  lommen  urn  bte  -DttttagSftunbe. 

<745  £)a  metnt'  i$  fcfyon,  'nen  guten  gang  ju  tfyun, 
3)enn  fetner  bacr)te  bran,  ben  §ut  $u  griifcen. 
©a  ftefyt'3  ber  $faff,  ber  SRoffelmann  —  fam  juft 
Son  etnem  ^ranfen  fyer  —  unb  ftettt  ftcfy  fym 
9Jttt  bem  £)0$toiirbigen,  grab  toor  bte  ©tange  — 

1750  S)er  ©tgrtft  mufjte  mtt  bem  ©locfletn  fcr)ellen : 
£)a  ftelen  alT  auf3  £nte,  \<fy  felber  mtt, 
Unb  griifcten  bie  2Ronftrana,  bocfy  ntcfyt  ben  $ut.  — 

fieuiijolb. 
§ore,  ©efett,  e§  fdngt  mtr  an  &u  beucfyten, 
2Btr  fter)en  ^ier  am  granger  Dor  bem  §ut; 
1755  '3  ift  bo$  etn  ©cfytmpf  fitr  etnen  9tetter3mann, 
©cfytlbtoacb'  311  fter)n  fcor  etnem  Ieeren  £ut  — 
Unb  jeber  recr)te  Serl  mufe  un§  &eracr)ten. 
—  £)ie  9iefc>erena  311  madden  etnem  §ut, 
@3  ift  bo$,  traun !   etn  narrifcfyer  Sefefyl ! 

gfrieparbt, 

1760  SBartun  nt$t  etnem  Ieeren,  fyofylen  §ut? 


92  TO  x I l\e I m  Cell. 

33iicfft  bu  bi$  bo$  fcor  mancfyem  fyo^Ien  ©dfyabel. 
#Ubegarb,  Sifted)  tljitb  unb  (SUbetl)  treten  auf  nut  $inbern 
unb  ftellen  ficf>  urn  bie  ©tange, 

Sentyol*.  jM^  r 

Unb  bu  Hft  and)  fo  ein  bienftfert'ger  ©djurfe 
Unb  bracfyteft  toacfre  Seute  gem  in§  UngliidE. 
Sftag,  toer  ba  toitt,  am  §ut  boriibergebn,' 
1765  3$  k^tf'  K<  2lugen  ju  unb  fety'  nidfyt  fyin. 
3fletf>t!>Ub. 
SDa  fyangt  ber  Sanbtoogt  —  §abt  SRefpeft,  ifyr  SBuben ! 

eis&ctfj. 

SBoHt'^  ©ott,  er  ging'  unb  liefe'  un3  feinen  §ut; 
©3  follte  brum  nicfyt  fcfytecfyter  ftefyn  um3  Sanb! 

gricParbt  (toerf$eu$t  fie). 

SBottt  tyt  bom  $Ia$!     SSertofinfd&ieS  SSoII  ber  SBeiber! 
1770  2Ser  fragt  na$  eucfy?    ©cfyicft  eure  Scanner  fyer, 
2Senn  fte  ber  3Jlut  fttd^t,  bem  Sefefyl  $u  trotjen. 

(SBeiber  Qefjen.) 

Sell  mtt  ber  Slrmbrufl  tritt  auf,  ben  $naben  an  ber  §anb  fiiljrenb. 
©te  gefyen  an  bem  §ut  toorbei  gegen  bie  toorbere  ©cene,  ofyne  barauj 
gu  adjten. 

993altl)er  (jeigt  na#  bem  S3annberg). 

SSater,  tft'3  toafyr,  bafc  auf  bem  33erge  bort 
S)ie  SBaume  bluten,  toznrx  man  einen  ©tret$ 
2)rauf  fiifyrte  mit  ber  2l$t? 

Sen. 

2Ber  fagt  baS,  Snabe? 
IPiIt|<r< 

1775  $)er  9fleifter  §trt  erjafylt'S  —  $)ie  Saume  feien 


3.  2(uf3ug.    3.  Scene.  93 

(Szhannt,  fagt  er,  unb  toer  fte  fcfydbige, 
3)em  toacfyfe  feine  £>anb  fyeraug  jum  ©rabe. 

Sett. 

Die  Sdume  ftnb  gebannt,  bag  ift  bte  SBafyrtyeit. 
—  ©tefyft  bu  bte  girnen  bort,  bte  toeifcen  £>5rner, 
1780  Die  fyod)  big  in  ben  §tmmet  ft$  fcerlieren? 

2Baltl)er. 

Dag  ftnb  bie  ©letter,  bte  beg  -Kacfytg  fo  bonnern 
Unb  ung  bie  ©cfylaglatoinen  nieberfenben. 

©0  ift'g,  unb  bie  Satoinen  fatten  Idngft 
Den  glecfen  Slltorf  unter  ifyrer  iSaft 
1785  93erf$uttet,  h>enn  ber  2BaIb  bort  oben  ntcfyt 
2Ug  eine  Sanbtoefyr  fi#  bagegen  ftellte. 

2S3altl)er  (nac§  cinigem  SBefmnen). 

©iebt'g  Sdnber,  SBater,  too  nicfyt  Serge  ftnb? 

ZtU. 

SGBenn  man  fyinunter  fteigt  Don  unfern  §ofyen, 
Unb  immer  tiefer  ftetgt,  ben  ©tromen  na$, 

1790  ©elangt  ntan  in  ein  grofteg,  ebneg  2anb, 

28o  bte  28albtoaffer  ntcfyt  mefyr  braufenb  fcfydumen, 
Die  g&ffe  rufyig  unb  gemdcfyltcfy  jiefyn; 
Da  fieJ>t  man  frei  na$  alien  §immelgrdumen, 
Dag  Sorn-toacfyft  bort  in  langen,  fcfyonen  2luen, 

1795  Un*>  to™  e*n  ©arten  ift  bag  £anb  $u  fcfyauen. 
2BaW)er. 
©,  aSater,  toarum  ftetgen  ftrir  benn  nicfyt 
©efdjtotnb  fyinab  in  biefeg  fcfyone  Sanb, 
©tatt  ba§  fair  ung  fyier  dngftigen  unb  plagen? 


94  ID  tllj elm  Cell. 

Sett. 

SDa§  Sanb  ift  fcfyon  unb  giittg  trie  ber  §immel; 
1800  2)o$  bie'3  hzhaum,  f  i  e  genieften  nicfyt 
2)en  <S*gen,  ben  fie  fflangen. 

SBaliljer. 

SSo^nen  fte 
•Kicr)t  fret,  roie  bu,  auf  ifyrem  eignen  (Srbe? 

3)a3  gelb  gefyort  bem  23i[cr)of  unb  bem  $ontg. 

SBaltljer. 
©0  btirfen  fte  bocr)  frei  in  2BaIbern  jagen? 
Sell. 
1805  2)em  §errn  gefyort  ba§  SBilb  unb  ba§  ©efieber. 
233altljer. 
©te  btirfen  bocr;  fret  ftfcr)en  in  bem  ©trom? 

Sell. 
3)er  ©trom,  ba3  9Keer,  ba§  ©alg  ge^ort  bem  Sonig. 

SBalt^er. 
SSkr  ift  ber  Slonig  benn,  ben  alle  furcr)ten? 

Sell. 

g§  ift  ber  (Sine,  ber  fie  fcfyiittf  unb  nar)rt. 

Balder. 

1810  ©ie  fonnen  ftcr)  ntcr)t  muttg  felbft  befd^ii^en? 

Sett. 

SDort  barf  ber  9lacr;bar  nicr)t  bem  -Kacr)bar  trauen. 


2>er  £mt  aitf  bet  @tange 


Face  p.  gj 


3.  2Iuf3iig.    3.  Scene.  95 

SBaltljer. 
SSater,  e3  tx>xrb  mtr  eng  im  toetten  Sanb; 
2)a  toofyn'  id)  lieber  unter  ben  Sahrinen. 

ZtU. 

3a,  toofyl  ift'3  beffer,  £inb,  bie  ©letfd&erberge 
1815  3m  Stucfen  Ijaben  at3  bie  bofen  SKenfcfyen. 
(€>te  footlen  toorfibergefyen.) 

2BaW|er. 
@i,  33ater,  ftefy  ben  §ut  bort  auf  ber  ©tange! 

ZtU. 
2Ba§  fummert  un§  ber  §ut?    Somm,  lafe  un§  getyen! 
(3nbem  er  abgeljen  null,  tritt  tfjm  grtefftarbt  mit  Dorgefyaltener  ^ife 
entgegen.) 

grieParbt. 
gn  be3  ilatfer^  5ftamen !    §altet  an  unb  ftefyt ! 

£efl  (greift  in  bie  $i!e). 

2Ba§  tooUt  3^r?    SBarum  ^altet  3^r  mid&  auf? 
gfrieftftH 

1820  3fyr  fyabt'3  5flanbat  fcerle^t ;  S^r  miifet  un3  folgen, 
Seutijotti. 
3fyr  fyabt  bem  §ut  nicfyt  9tefceren$  behriefen. 

Sea. 

greunb,  lafc  micfy  gefyen! 

Sfrtegljarbt. 

gort,  fort  in3  ©efangniS! 
2Balt!)er. 
35en  SSater  in§  ©efangniS!  £ilfe!  §ilfe! 
(3n  bie  Scene  rufenb.) 


96  IDtl^elm  Eell. 

§erbei,  ifyr  5Kanner,  gute  £eute,  fyelft! 
1825  ©etoalt!  ©ett>alt !  Sie  fitfyren  ifyn  gefangen. 

(3?  0  {feint  a nn  ber  starrer  intb  ^ctermann  bcr  @lgrijt 
foramen  Ijerbei  mit  brei  anbern  2ftannern.) 

6ignft. 
2Ba$  giebt'g? 

SRoffelmann. 

2Ba§  Iegft  bu  §anb  an  bicfen  -Dtamx? 

griep  arbt, 

(Sr  tft  ein  geinb  be§  $aifer§,  ein  93errater! 

XtU  (fafct  i&n  *eftig). 

©in  33errater,  i$! 

tWSffelmantt. 

SDu  trrft  fcu$,  $reunb!    S)a3  tft 
$)er  XeH,  ein  ©fyrenmann  unb  guter  SBurger. 

Sitttet 

(erbttcft  SGBaltfjcr  fjurften  unb  ctlt  tf)m  entaegen). 

1830  ©rof&ater,  fytlf !     ©etoalt  gefefyiefyt  bem  Setter. 

grieftfjarbi. 

3n§  ©cfdngmS,  fort! 

2Baltl}er  fjiirft  (Serbeieilenb). 

3d)  leifte  Surgf^aft,  ^altet! 
—  Urn  ©otte§  hritlen,  Sell,  toa§  tft  gef$efyen? 
9ftettf)tljat  unb  ©tanffadjer  fommen. 
g-neparbt. 

2)e§  £anbbogt§  oberfyerrltcfye  ©etoalt 
SSeracfytet  er  unb  h^ttt  fie  ni$t  erfennen. 


3.  21  uf3ug.    3.  Scene.  97 

©tauffattyer, 
1835  Sto*  &5tt'  ber  £etl  getfyan? 

3Reld)tl>al. 

SDaS  Higft  bu,  Sube! 
fieutyoib. 
(£r  f)at  bem  §ut  ni$t  9tetoerenj  betoiefen. 

SBal^er  giirft 

Unb  barum  foil  er  m3  ©efangniS?    ftreunb, 
SRimm  meine  33iirgfcfyaft  an  unb  lag  ifyn  lebig! 

grieParbt. 
SBiirg'  bu  fur  bi$  unb  beinen  eignen  2eib! 
1840  2Bir  tfyun,  toaS  unf  er3  2lmteS  —  gort  mit  tfym ! 

SReldjtlfal  (ju  ben  fianbleuten). 

9letn,  bag  ift  fcfyreienbe  ©etoalt !    (Srtragen  toir'3, 
2)afj  man  ifyn  forifiifyrt,  fre$,  feor  unfern  Slugen? 

©igrift. 
SBtr  fmb  bie  ©tarfern.    greunbe,  bulbet'S  ni#t! 
SBir  fyaben  einen  Jtiicfen  an  ben  anbern! 

griefcljarbt. 
1845  2S«r  toiberfefct  ftd&  bem  Sefetyl  beg  93ogt3? 

SRodj  brei  fianbleute  ($erbeietienb). 
SBir  ^elfen  eucfy.    2Ba§  giebt'S  ?    ©d&Iagt  fte  &u  Soben ! 
($Ubegarb,  2ftecf)tljttb  unb  (SiSbetl)  fommcn  guriicf.) 

Sett. 

3$  tyelfe  mir  fd&on  felbft.    ©e^t,  gute  Seute! 
Sfteint  tfyr,  toenn  i$  bie  5?raft  gebraud&en  tooHie, 
3$  toiirbe  mi<$  fcor  ifyren  ©piefeen  fitrd&ten? 


98  rDtltjelm  <EeII. 

2tteltf)tl)al  (su  ftrie^arbt). 

1850  2Bag%  ifyn  au3  unfrer  5Ritte  tt)egjufu^ren! 
SBaltljer  ftitrft  unb  Stauffadjer, 
©elaffen!    SRufyig! 

gricparbUt^reit).    4^^M^vr; 
Slufru^r  unb  (Smporung! 

(5JJan  §5rt  3agbf)5rner.) 
SBeiber. 
35a  fommt  ber  Sanbbogt! 

JJrteParbt  (er^ebt  bie  ©timme). 

9Jteuterei !   ^(Smporung ! 
©tauffadjer/^^8^-  tW^ 
©$rei,  bis  bu  berfteft,  ©dfrurfe!>^'w.«*'''A 
TOffelmann  unb  SDteldjtyal, 

SBiUfl  bu  fc^foeigen? 

gfrieParbt  (ruft  no$  lauter). 

3u  £ilf ',  ju  $iif  ben  SDienern  beg  ©efefceS ! 
Bft8$ef  gfirfi.  ^ 

1855  ^a  *P  *>cr  SSogt !    2Befy  unS,  toaS  ftrirb  ba$  toerben! 
©egter  3U  ^Pfcrb,  ben gatfen auf  ber  gauft,  ftubolpljber^arraS, 
SBertfja   unb    SRubeng,  cin   grogeS   (Sefotge   toon   betoaffneten 
$ned)ten,  toetdje   cincn  $rei8  Don  $ifen   urn   bic   ganje  ©cenc 
fdjliefjen. 

JRubotylj  ber  #arraS. 
Spiafc,  $lafc  bem  Sanbbogt! 
©efeler. 

£reibt  fie  auSeinanber! 
2Ba3  ISuft  ba$  SBoB  jufamnien?    2Ber  ruft  $ilfc? 
(Slflflemeine  ©tiflc.) 


3.  2Iuf3ug.    3.  Scene.  99 

SBet  ftmr'3?    %<$  hrill  e3  fotffen. 

(3u  Sfrieg^arbt.) 

2)u  tritt  Dor! 
2Ber  bift  bu,  unb  toa§  Ijaltft  bu  biefen  9Mann? 

((5r  flicbt  ben  fallen  cinem  Wiener.) 
gnegljarbt, 
i860  ©eftrenger  §err,  i$  bin  bein  2Baffenfne$t 
Unb  toofylbefteHter  2Bad?ter  bet  bem  §ut. 
Siefen  3Kann  ergrtff  icfy  iiber  frifd^er  £fjat, 
SSie  er  bem  §ut  ben  (Sfyrengrufc  toerfagte. 
93erfyaften  tooUt'  i$  ifyn,  tote  bu  befafylft, 
1865  Unb  mit  ©etoalt  toitl  tl)n  ba§  SSoIf  entreifeen. 

©e§(er  (nad)  etner  <Raufe). 

SSerad^teft  bu  fo  betnen  Saifer,  £ell, 
Unb  mi$,  ber  fyier  an  feiner  ©tatt  gebtetet, 
3)aft  bu  bte  6fyr'  berfagft  bem  §ut,  ben  i$ 
3ur  ^riifung  be§  ©efyorfamS  aufgefyangen? 
1870  SDein  bofeS  £ra$ten  tyaft  bu  mir  toerraten. 

XtU. 

SBcrjei^t  mtr,  lieber  §err!  2Iu3  Unbebad^t, 
9ii$t  au§  93erad(jtung  (Surer  ift'3  gefefyefyn; 
2Bar'  id)  befonnen,  fyiefe'  icfy  ntcfyt  ber  Sell. 
3$  bit?  urn  ©nab',  e3  foil  ntd^t  meljr  begegnen. 

©C§Ier  (na$  eintgem  <3ttHfc§n>etgen). 

1875  SDu  bift  ein  SKeifter  auf  ber  2lrmbruft,  £ett, 
Wlan  fagt,  bu  nefymft  e3  auf  mit  jebem  (Sd^ti^en? 

SBaWjer  ZtU. 

Unb  ba£  mufc  toafyr  fein,  £err,  'nen  2tyfel  fd&iefct 
2)er  S3ater  bir  bom  Saum  auf  fyunbert  ©d^ritte. 


100  rDtffjelm  Ceil. 

©efcler. 

3ft  ba§  bein  £nabe,  Sell? 

£en. 

3  a,  lieber  £>err. 
©ej?Ici\ 

1880  §aft  bu  ber  $inber  mefyr?    • 

3toet  $naben,  §err. 
©efeter. 
Unb  toel^er  ift'3,  ben  bu  am  meiften  Iiebft? 

ZtU. 

§err,  beibe  ftnb  fie  mir  glei$  Iiebe  $inber. 

©eglcr. 

5Run,  Sell!    2BeiI  bu  ben  Styfet  triffft  i>om  33aume 
2tuf  fyunbert  ©cfyritt,  fo  totrft  bu  beine  Sunft 

1885  3Sor  tnir  betoafyren  miiffen  —  5Rimm  bie  2lrm6ruft  — 
3)u  fyaft  fie  gletcfy  &ur  §anb  —  unb  macfy'  bicfy  fertig, 
@inen  2fyfel  fcon  be3  $naben  $opf  $u  fd^te^en  — 
2)o$  VDttt  tcfy  raten,  giele  gut,  baft  bu 
S)en  Styfel  treffeft  auf  ben  erften  ©cfyufe; 

1890  Qznn  fefylft  bu  il;n,  fo  ift  bein  $opf  fcerloren. 

(2IUe  geben  Seitfjen  be§  6d)recfen3.) 

£ett. 

§err  —  2Bel$e3  Ungefyeure  finnet  3#r 
3Rxx  an?  —  3$  foH  &om  §aupte  meineS  SlinbeS — 
—  9iein,  nein  bocfy,  lieber  §err,  ba§  fommt  @u$  nid^t 
3U  ©inn  —  83et$fttf3  ber  gnab'ge  ©ott  —  ba§  fount  3$r 
1895  %m  @rnft  Don  einem  SSater  nicfyt  begefyren ! 


OF  THE 

3.  21  u  f  3  u  g.    3.  Scene.  101 

©efeler. 

S)u  toirft  ben  2tyfel  fcfytefcen  bon  bem  $opf 
2)e3  Snaben  —  3$  begefyr'S  unb  ftrilTg. 

£ea. 

3$  fbB 

■Kit  meiner  2lrmbruft  auf  ba§  liebe  igaupt 
2)e£  eignen  $inbe£  jielen  ?  —  Sfyer  fterb'  icfy ! 

Vefltr. 

1900  £)u  f  $iefeeft  ober  ftirbft  m  i  t  beinem  $naben. 

%tU. 
3$  foil  ber  3Korbcr  toerben  meineS  5tinb3! 
§err,  3^r  fya&*  fone  $inber  —  toxffet  ni$t, 
2Ba3  fid^  betoegt  in  eineS  33ater3  §erjen. 

©egler. 

(Si,  £ett,  bu  bift  ja  pI5$Ii$  fo  befonnen! 
1905  SRan  fagtc  tmr,  bafe  bu  ein  £raumer  feift 

Unb  bicfy  entfernft  fcon  anbrer  3J?enf$en  2Beife. 

3)u  liebft  bag  ©eltfame  —  brum  fyab'  i$  je$t 

(Sin  eigen  SBagftitcf  fur  bicfy  au§gefu$t, 

gin  anbrer  toofyl  bebdd^te  fidfr  —  b  u  brixcfft 
1910  2>ie  2lugen  ju  unb  greifft  e3  fyerjfyaft  an. 

©d)ergt  nicfyt,  0  §err,  mit  biefen  armen  Ztutinl 
3fyr  fefyt  fie  bleicfy  unb  jitternb  fteljm  —  <5o  toenig 
©inb  fie  $ur$toeil3  getoofynt  au3  (Surem  SKunbe. 

©eftler. 
2Ber  fagt  @u$,  bafc  i$  f$er$e? 

(©reift  nad)  cinem  SBaumjtDeige,  ber  liber  if)n  ^erfjflngt.) 

§ier  ift  ber  Styfel 
915  3Kan  macfye  5taum  —  @r  nefyme  feine  SBeite, 


102  ID  ill? elm  Sell. 

2Bie'£  Sraudfr  ift  —  3tcfyt$ig  Sd&ritte  geb'  t$  tym  — 
9fa$t  toeniger  nocfy  mefyr  —  @r  riifymte  ftcfy, 
2luf  i^rer  fyunbert  feinen  9flann  311  treffen  — 
gefct,  6$it£e,  triff  unb  fefyle  nic^t  ba§  giel! 

*Jhtbotylj  ber  $arra^, 
1920  ©ott,  ba§  rotrb  ernft^aft  —  gfaHe  nteber,  Knabe, 
63  gilt,  unb  flefy'  ben  Sanbfcogt  um  bein  Seben! 

SBaliljer  prft 

(betjeite  ju  !JMdjtf)at,  ber  !aum  feine  Itngebutb  beattrinflt). 
§altet  an  @u$,  i$  flel)'  @u$  brum,  bleibt  rufyig! 

23crt!jd  (jum  Sanboogt). 

Saftt  e§  genug  fetn,  §err!    Unmenfcpd^  ift'S, 
fERit  etne§  SaterS  2lngft  alfo  ju  f^telen. 

1925  SBenn  biefer  arme  3Kann  audj  Seib  unb  Seben 
93ertoirft  bur$  feine  leicfyte  ©cfyulb,  bei  ©ott! 
@r  fyatte  je£t  ^elmfacfyen  Sob  empfunben. 
Gmtlaftt  ilm  ungeiranft  in  feine  §utte, 
@r  fyat  6u$  fennen  lernen;  biefer  ©tunbe 

1930  SBirb  er  unb  feine  StnbeSfinber  benlen. 

©efcler, 

£)ffnet  bie  ©affe  —  ftrifcfc,  roa§  ^auberft  bu? 

3)ein  Seben  ift  fcerroirft,  i$  lann  bicfy  toten; 

Unb  ftelj,  tcfy  lege  gndbig  bein  ©efcfyicf 

$n  beine  eigne  lunftgeiibte  §anb. 
1935  &er  lann  nid^t  flagen  iiber  fyarten  ©pru$, 

3)en  man  jum  9Ketfter  fetneS  ©cfyicffalS  ma$t. 

2)u  riifymft  bid^  beineS  ficfyern  33licf3.    SBofylan! 

§ier  gilt  e3,  6$ii£e,  beine  Kunft  ju  geigen; 

£)a§  ftxd  ift  roiirbtg,  unb  ber  $rei§  ift  groft! 
1940  2)a§  ©d^mar^e  treffen  in  ber  Scfyeibe,  ba3 


3.  21  u  f  3  u  g.    3.  Scene.  103 

$ann  and)  ein  anbrer;  ber  ift  mir  ber  SKeifter, 

©er  fetner  $unft  getoift  ift  itberall, 

2)em  '1  §erj  ni$t  in  bie  §anb  tritt,  nocfy  tn3  2luge. 

SBalt^Cr  giirft  (wirft  ftd)  »or  i$m  nieber). 

£err  Sanbfcogt,  toir  erfennen  Sure  §ofyeit; 

1945  3)od£>  Iaffet  ©nab*  bor  Jlecfyt  ergefyen!    9tel)mt 

2)ie  §dlfte  nteiner  §abt,  nefymt  fie  gan^! 

9iur  biefeg  ©rafclicfye  erlaffet  einem  33ater! 

2Baltl)er  XtU. 

©rofefeater,  fnie  ni$t  fcor  bem  falfcfyen  9Kann! 
<3agt,  too  \ti)  fyinftefyn  foil!    $5$  fiird&t'  mt$  ni$t. 
1950  ®er  SBater  irifft  ben  93ogel  ja  im  $lug, 

@r  totrb  nicfyt  fefylen  auf  bag  §erj  beg  $inbe3. 

©tauffadjer. 
§err  Sanbfcogt,  ru^rt  gucfy  n\d)t  beS  SinbeS  Unfcfyulb? 

JHoffefatamt. 

D,  benlet,  ba&  ein  ©ott  im  §immel  ift, 
2)em  3#r  tniifct  5tebe  ftefyn  fur  (Sure  ^aten! 

©egler  (jeigt  auf  ben  flnaben). 

1955  3Kan  binb'  ifyn  an  bie  Sinbe  bort ! 

SBaltljer  Sell. 

SKid^  binben! 
9?ein,  id)  totH  nid)t  gebunben  fein.    %d)  toitt 
©tin  fatten  tote  ein  2amm  unb  and)  nid)t  atmen. 
SBenn  ifyr  m\d)  binbet,  nein,  fo  fann  i$r3  ntd&t, 
©0  toerb'  id)  toben  gegen  meine  Sanbe. 

JRubofylj  ber  $arra$. 
i960  SDte  Slugen  nur  Ian  bir  fcerbtnben,  $nabe ! 


104  TO  ilk  elm  Cell. 

SBaityer  Sett. 

2Barum  bie  2Iugen?    SDenfet  Sfyr,  i$  flird^te 
SDen  $feil  bon  S3ater3  §anb?  —  3$  KtO  tyn  feft 
grtoarten  unb  nid^t  guden  mit  ben  2Bimpern. 
—  tNW/  3S«ter,  seig'S,  bafc  bu  ein  ©$u$e  bift! 
1965  6r  glaubt  bir'^  ni$t,  er  benft  un$  ju  berberben  — 
2)em  SDBiltrtd^  jum  SSerbruffe  fcfyiefc  unb  triff ! 
(6r  fict)t  an  bie  Ctnbe,  man  Icgt  iljm  hen  9tyfet  auf.) 

3Eeld)tfyal  (au  ben  Sanblcuten). 

2Ba§?    ©oil  ber  gfretoel  fid^  bor  unfern  Slugen 
SSoHenben?    SBoju  fyaben  h)tr  gefd^tooren? 

©tauffar^er. 

@g  ift  utnfonft.    2Bir  fyaben  feine  SBaffen; 
1970  3#r  feljt  ben  SBalb  fcon  Sanjen  urn  un3  fyer. 

2Rel$t!>ci. 

D,  fatten  toir'3  mit  frifd^er  £fyat  boHenbet! 
aSerjei^g  ©ott  benen,  bie  $um  2luffcfyub  rieten! 

(SJefcler  (sum  SdQ. 

2In3  2Berf!    5Kan  fiifyrt  bie  SBaffen  nicfyt  bergebenS. 

©efafyrlicfy  ift'3,  ein  SKorbgetoefyr  $u  tragen, 
1975  Unb  auf  ben  ©$u£en  fpringt  ber  $fetl  juriicf. 

2)ie3  ftolje  SWec^t,  ba§  fid)  ber  33auer  nimmt, 

SBeleibiget  ben  fyocfyften  §errn  be3  SanbeS. 

©etoaffnet  fei  niemanb,  ate  toer  gebietet. 

gfreut'3  eucfy,  ben  $feil  §u  fiifyren  unb  ben  33ogen, 
1980  aBofyl,  fo  toill  i  cfy  ba£  giel  eucfy  baju  geben. 

Sett 

(foannt  bie  Wrmbruft  unb  legt  hen  5Pfeit  auf). 

£)ffnet  bie  ©affe!    $Iafc! 


3.  2J  u f 3 u g.    i.  Scene,  105 

©tauffadjer. 

9Ba§,  Sell?    Sfyr  toolltet  —  Stfmmermeljr  —  2#r  jiitcrt, 
2)ie  §anb  erbebt  @ucfy,  (Sure  $mee  toanfen  — 

£efl  (IfiBt  bie  Hrm&vuft  fmfen). 

Wxx  fcfytoimmt  e§  fcor  ben  Stwgen! 

SBki&er, 

©ott  im  §immel! 

£efl  (sum  Sanfcoogt). 

1985  ©rlaffet  mir  ben  ©cfyufc!    §ier  ift  mein  §erj! 

«£r  rei&t  bie  Srwft  auf.) 

3tuft  @ure  SRciftgen  unb  ftojjt  tnid&  nieber! 


3$  toil!  bein  Seben  nid&t,  id&  toill  ben  ©$uft. 
—  SDu  fannft  ja  aHe§,  Sell !    2ln  ni$t3  tjcrjagft  bu ; 
2)a§  ©teuerruber  fiifyrft  bu  toie  ben  33ogen, 
1990  3>i$  fd^recft  fein  ©turm,  toenn  e£  ju  retten  gilt. 

3cfct,  Setter,  &Uf  bir  fclbft  —  bu  retteft  alle ! 
(XtU  jleljt  in  fiirdjterUdjem  $ampf,  mil  ben  §anben  gucfenb  unb  bie 
rottenben  2(ugen  batb  auf  ben  2anbbogt,  ba\b  gum  §imntel  gerta> 
tet.  —  *|3(otjlidj  greift  erinfeinen  $$a?er,  nimmt  einen  jfaeiten  $feit 
tyerauS  unb  ftetft  if)n  in  feinen  ©otter.  3)er  2anb&ogt  bemerft  aUe 
biefe  SBetoegungen.) 

©alt^er  Xett  (unter  fcer  Sittbe). 

SSater,  f$te&  ^u!    3$  furc^t'  mi<$  ni$t. 

ZtU. 

®S  mujj! 

(<Sr  rafft  ft$  aufamnten  unb  tegt  an.) 

(ber  bie  ganje  £e\t  fiber  in  ber  Ijeftigften  ©pannung  gefianben  unb 
mtt  ©eroalt  an  fid)  geljatten,  tritt  Ijerbor), 

£err  Eanbfcogt,  toeiter  toefbet  Jftr'S  ni$t  treiben, 


106  XVxlk  elm  Cell. 

2$r  roerbet  n  t  $  t  —  63  roar  mtr  etne  ^ritfung  — 
1995  SDen  gtoed  ^a^  3#r  erretd^t  —  £u  tt>ett  getrieben, 
SSerfe^lt  bte  ©trenge  tfyre3  toeifen  3toecf§, 
Unb  aH^uftraff  gefyannt,  ^erfpringt  ber  33ogen. 

©efeler. 

3#r  fcfyroeigt,  bis  man  @ucfy  aufruft! 

tHuben^ 

3$  to i II  reben ! 
3$  barf  8!    $e§  £omg§  ©fyre  ift  mir  fyetlig; 
2000  3)oc§  foIcfyeS  Regiment  muft  §aft  ertoerben. 
£)a§  ift  be3  StdnigS  SBiHe  nic$t  —  $$  barf* 
33efyaupten  —  ©olcfye  ©raufamfeit  fcerbient 
SKein  SSoII  ntd&t ;  ba$u  fyabt  3$r  icine  a3oUmad&t. 

©ejjler. 
©a,  3^r  erftilmt  @u$  I 

JRttbeitj. 

3$  tyab'  ftitt  gefcfytoiegen 
2005  3u  ttH^n  f^toeren  £fyaten,  bie  i$  fafy ; 

2Rein  fefyenb  2luge  §aV  icfy  ^ugefcfyloffen, 

3Jiem  iiberfcfytoellenb  unb  emporte3  §er$ 

£ab'  jcfy  fytnabgebriicft  in  meinen  Sufen. 

2)o$  langer  fcfytoetgen  toar'  SSerrat  jugletcfy 
2010  9In  metnem  SSaterlanb  unb  an  bem  Saifer. 

S3ert^o 

(tuirft  fi$  anjtfrfjcn  ifyn  unb  ben  Canbtoogt). 
D  ©ott,  3$r  w$  *>en  SSiitenben  no$  metyr. 

9fJubett^ 
•Dtein  SSoIf  berlieft  i$,  meinen  93Iut3t>ertoanbtett 


3.  21  u  f  3  u  g.    3.  5  c  e  n  e.  107 

gntfagf  u$,  aHe  Sanbe  ber  Sftatur 

3errifc  idfr,  urn  an  @u$  mid)  anjufcfyliefcen  — 

2015  ®a3  33efte  atter  glaubt'  idf)  ju  beforbern, 
2>a  i$  beg  SaiferS  9Wa$t  befeftigte  — 
£ie  Sinbe  fdllt  fcon  meinen  2lugen  —  ©cfyaubernb 
©efy'  icfy  an  einen  Slbgrunb  mi$  gefu^rt  — 
9Jtein  freieS  Urteil  i)abt  gfyr  irr  geleitet, 

2020  SJlein  rebli$  £er&  fcerfiifyrt  —  34)  tear  baran, 
9Jlein  SSoIf  in  befter  TOeinung  ju  toerberben. 

©efeler. 

33ertoegner,  biefe  ©practye  beinem  §errn? 

2)er  Kaifer  ift  mein  §err,  ni$t  g$t  —  grei  bin  id& 
SBie  ^^r  geboren,  unb  tcfy  meffe  mi$ 

2025  W\t  @ucfy  in  jeber  ritterlicfyen  £ugenb. 

Unb  ftimbet  g^r  ni$t  fyier  in  ftaiferS  9tamen, 
Den  i$  toerefyre,  felbft  too  man  ifyn  fdfjanbet, 
3)en  §anbf$ufy  toarf  i$  bor  @u$  fyin,  3$r  foHtet 
9ta$  ritterlidjem  Sraucfy  mir  2lnttoort  geben. 

1030  —  3a,  toinft  nur  ©uren  9teifigen  —  %<$)  ftefye 
9ti$t  toefyrloS  ba,  tote  b  i  e  — 

(^Cuf  ba§  SBolf  aetfienb.) 

3$  fyab'  ein  ©$toert, 
Unb  toer  mir  nafyt  — 

Stauffatfjer  (ruft). 

S)er  Sfyfel  ift  gefaffen! 
(3nbem  ftd)  aide  nadj  biefer  ©eite   getoenbet,  unb    SBertlja  gtt)ifd^cn 
SKubenj  unb  ben  ftmbbogt  ftd)  getoorfen,  I)at  Xett  ben  ^pfeit  abgebriicft.) 

TOffelmann. 

SDer  £nabe  Iebt! 


108  H>  Ufi elm  Cell. 

SBicIc  Stumnetu 

£)er  2tyfel  i(t  getroffen! 

(2Balt$er  ?5fur{i  fd&toan!t  unb  brofjt  ju  jtnfen,  SBertfca  $filt  it)n.) 
©e^et  (erftaunt). 

gr  §at  gefd^offen?  2Bie?  SDer  9iafenbe! 
S3ertl>a. 
2035  £>er  ®nabe  lebt!    $ommt  ju  6u$,  guter  SSater ! 

SBaliljer  £eK 

(fommt  mit  bem  ^Ipfet  geforungen). 

SSater,  tyter  ift  ber  Styfel  —  SBufet'  id&'S  ja, 
3)u  toiirbeft  beinen  $naben  ni$t  feerle^en. 

Sett 

(jtanb  mit  borgebogenem  2eib,  a(8  rooKf  er  bcm  $fei(  folgen  —  ble 
Strmbruft  cntftnft  feiner  §anb  —  roie  er  ben  $naben  tommen  ftefyt, 
eilt  er  ifmt  mit  auSgebreiteten  5lrmen  entgegen  unb  Ijebt  tlm  mit 
^ef tiger  3nbrunft  gu  feinem  §eqen  Ijinauf ;  in  biefer  ©teEung  finlt 
er  IraftloS  jufammen.    2XIIc  fte^en  geriiljrt), 

Sertlja. 

D  gutter  £)immel! 

2Baltf)er  SHrft  ftu  SBater  unb  6o$n). 

fiinber !  meine  $inber  ! 

©ttwffarfjer. 
©ott  fei  gelobt! 

fietttfjolb. 

SDa§  toar  ein  ©$ufc!   2)afeon 
2040  SBirb  man  no$  reben  in  ben  f^atften  geiten, 

JHnbotylj  ber  §arra£. 
(Sr^afylen  ftrirb  man  bon  bem  Scfyu^en  Sell, 
©olang'  bie  33erge  ftefyn  auf  ifyrem  ©runbe. 

(tRetc^t  bem  Canbtoogt  ben  Slpfet.) 


3.  21  u  f  3  u  g.    3.  S  c  e  n  e.  109 

©efeler. 
Sei  ©ott!  ber  2tyfel  mitten  burcfy  gefd^offen ! 
®3  toar  ein  SWeifterfcfyufc,  \<fy  mufe  ifyn  loben. 

OSoffelmatm. 

2045  2)^r  ©$ufc  toar  gut ;  bo$  toefye  bem,  ber  tfyn 
2)a$u  getrieben,  ba&  er  ©ott  fcerfud&te ! 

©tauffadjer. 

$ommt  ju  @u$,  Sell,  ftefyt  auf,  2#r  fyabt  ®u$  mannlid^ 
©eloft,  unb  frei  fonnt  $$*  na$  §aufe  geljen. 

$ommt,  fommt  unb  bringt  ber  -Stutter,  ifyren  ©ofyn ! 
(Ste  tuoflen  t^n  n)CQffit)ren.) 

©efclcr. 

2050  Sell,  fyore ! 

XtU  (lommt  surttrf). 

2Ba3  befetylt  S^r,  §err? 

©efclc*. 

SDu  ftecfteft 
9io$  einen  ^toeiten  $feil  ju  bir  —  !ga,  \&> 
3$  faty  e$  h>ol)l  —  2Ba$  meinteft  bu  bamit? 

£efl  (oerlegen). 

igerr,  bag  ift  alfo  braucfylicfy  bet  ben  ©$iifcen. 

©egler. 

Jiein,  Sell,  bie  SCntmort  lafe  id)  bir  ni$t  gelten; 
2055  @3  ftnrb  toaS  anberS  tooI)l  bebeutet  fyaben. 

©ag'  tnir  bie  SBafyrfyeit  frifcfy  unb  frofylicfy,  Sell; 
2Ba§  e§  au$  fei,  bein  Seben  ftc^r'  id)  bir, 
SB05U  ber  stoeite  $feil? 


110  IP  i  Helm  (Cell. 

XtU. 

2Bofylcm,  o  §err, 
SBeil  Sfyr  micfy  meineS  SebenS  fyabt  geficfyert, 
2060  ©0  toitt  id)  6u$  bie  2Bafyrl)eit  gritnblicfy  fagen. 
(@r  gieljt  ben  ^Pfeit  au8  bem  ©oiler  unb  ftefyt  ben  2cmbDogt  nut  einem 
furtf)tbaren  SBUtf  an.) 

2Rit  biefem  atoeiten  $feil  burd^fc^o^  tcfy —  @u$, 
■JBenn  id§>  mein  IiebeS  $inb  getroffen  fyatte, 
Unb  (Surer  —  toafyrltcfy !  fyatt'  id)  ni$t  gefefylt. 

©efeler. 

2Bo$I,  SCett !  be§  SebenS  $aV  id)  bid)  geft^ert, 
2065  %d)  gab  mein  Jtittertoort,  ba§  n>tH  icfy  fyalten  — 
2)ocfy  toetl  icfy  beinen  bofen  ©inn  erfannt, 
SBiH  id)  bid)  fli^ren  laffen  unb  bertoafyren, 
2Bo  toeber  5ftonb  no$  (Sonne  bicfy  befefyemt, 
Damit  idfj  ftcfyer  fei  toor  beinen  ^3fexlen. 
2070  (Srgreift  ifyn,  $ne$te !    Sinbet  ifyn ! 
(%eU  mirb  gebunben.) 

©tauffadjer. 

2Bie,  §err! 
©0  fonntet  %fyx  an  einem  TOanne  fyanbeln, 
Sin  bem  fi$  ©otteS  §anb  fid^tbar  fcerfunbigt? 

©efcler. 

2afc  fefyn,  ob  fie  ifyn  atoeimal  retten  toirb. 
—  5Dlan  bring'  ifyn  auf  mein  ©cfyiff!    %d)  folge  nad) 
2075  ©ogleicfy,  id)  felbfi  toitt  ifyn  wad)  $u&na$t  fitfyren. 

JRtiffeimamt. 

2)a§  biirft  2#r  x\id)t,  ba3  barf  ber  itaifer  ni$t, 
Xa$  toiberftreitet  unfern  gretyeitsbriefen! 


tt 


3.  21  uf 3ug.    3,  Scene.  Ill 

©efeler. 

2Bo  ftnb  fie?    ©at  ber  Jtaifer  fie  beftatigt? 

@r  fyat  fie  nid^t  beftatigt  —  SDtefe  ©unft 
2080  9Jhift  erft  ertoorben  toerben  burdlj  ©efyorfam. 

9iebellen  feib  ifyr  atle  gegen  5laifer3 

©ericfyt  unb  nafyrt  fcertoegene  (Smporung. 

3d)  fenn'  eucfy  atle  —  id)  burctyf  d&au*  eu$  ganj — 

2) en  nefym'  icfy  je^t  fyerauS  au$  eurer  SDtitte; 
2085  2)odj  alle  feib  ifyr  teilfyaft  feiner  ©djulb. 

28er  flug  ift,  leme  fcfytoeigen  unb  gefyorcfyen. 

(@r  cntfcrnt  ftc^,  SBertlja,  ffiubens,  §arra«  unb  $ned)te  folgen,  grteg* 
Ijarbt  uub  Seutfyolb  bleiben  gurflcf.) 

gSalt^er  fjllrft  (in  &eftigem  ©inters). 

@3  ift  fcorbei ;   er  fyat'3  befcfyloffen,  mtd& 
3SJiit  meinem  gan^en  ©aufe  &u  berberben! 

©tauffadjer  (jum  £eU). 
D,  toarum  mufjtet  3#r  ben  2Biitri$  reijen! 

ZtU. 

2090  Se^to'inge  fi$,  toer  meinen  ©d^merj  gefiifylt! 

Stauffadjer. 

D,  nun  ift  atteS,  aUe§  $in !    9JUt  ®ud& 
©inb  toir  gefeffelt  aKe  unb  gebunben! 

Sanbleute  (umringen  ben  Xefl). 

5Kit  @uc§  gefyt  unfer  letter  5£roft  bafyin! 

Settt^Olb  (nft^ert  fi<$). 

Sell,  e3  erbarmt  mt$  —  bod^  tcfy  mug  ge^ord^en. 

XtU. 

2095  Sebt  toofyl ! 


112  rDtHeltn  del!. 

(ft(&  nut  Ijefttgem  gtfcmera  an  if)n  fc&mteaenb). 
D  SSater !    SSater  !    Sieber  $ater ! 

Sell 

(fyebt  bte  %rme  aunt  £immet). 

£>ort  broben  ift  bein  SSater !    3)en  ruf'  an ! 

6*auffadjer. 
Sell,  fag'  i$  @urem  SBetbe  m$t3  toon  @u$? 

$ea 

(fcebt  ben  tfnaben  mit  Snbrunfi  an  feine  Srujl). 
®er  £nab'  ift  unberlefct;  mir  toirb  ©ott  fyelfen. 
(ffieifet  fid)  jt&nell  lo§  unb  fotflt  ben  SBaffenfned&ten.) 


Bxtxhx:  Bltfjttg* 


(£rfte  Scene. 

£)piid)c§  Ufer  beS  SBterttmtbptterfeeS. 

2)te  fcltfam  gejtotteten  fdjroffen  gelfen  im  SBeften  fdjtteften  ben  $ro* 
fpect.  2)er  ©ec  if*  betoegt,  fyeftigeS  $aufd)en  unb  £ofen,  baattrifdjen 
SBUfee  unb  2)onnerfd)Itige. 

$unj  Don  ®erfau.    gifdjer  unb  gifefyerfnabe. 

ftfttt|. 

3$  fafy'3  mtt  2lugen  an,  2#r  Knnt  mir'S  glauben; 

2100  fi  ift  aHeS  fo  gefefyefyn,  *™e  *$  @u#  fa9te* 

2)er  Sett  gefangen  abgefiifyrt  na$  Jtufcnad&i, 
£)er  befte  9Wann  im  Sanb,  ber  brafcfte  2lrm, 
SBenn'S  einmal  gelten  foEte  fur  bie  greifyett. 

5hin$. 

2)er  Sanbfcogt  fiifyrt  ifyn  felbft  ben  See  fyerauf; 

2105  Sie  toaren  ihm  bran,  ficij  einjufefytffen, 

2113  icfy  toon  gluelen  abfufyr;  bocfy  ber  ©turm, 
2)er  ^Un  je£t  im  Sln^ug  ift,  unb  ber 
2lu$  micfy  ge&toungen,  eilenbS  fn'er  ju  lanben, 
2Kag  ifyre  2Ibfafyrt  too^I  feerfyinbert  fyaben. 
Sifter. 

2110  2)er  STett  in  geffeln,  in  be3  33ogt3  ©etoalt! 
D,  glaubt,  er  toirb  ifyn  ttef  genug  bergraben, 

(113) 


114  rDtl^elm  Cell. 

$Dafc  er  beg  Sages  2id?t  ni$t  toieber  fte^t! 
^nn  fitrcfyten  muft  er  bie  gerecfyte  9ia$e 
S)e3  freien  9J?anneg,  ben  er  fcfytoer  gerei^t! 

21 15  2)er  Slltlanbamman  aucfy,  ber  eble  igerr 

23on  Slttingfyaufen,  fagt  man,  Iieg'  am  £obe. 

Sifter. 

©0  bric^t  ber  lefcte  2ln!er  unfrer  £offnung! 
S)er  toar  eg  no$  attein,  ber  feine  ©timme 
©rfyeben  burfte  fiir  beg  Solfeg  9le$te! 

fen*. 

2120  3)er  ©turm  nimmt  iiberfyanb.    ©efyabt  @u$  toofyl! 
3$  nefyme  §erberg'  in  bem  2)orf;  benn  tyeut' 
3ft  bo$  an  feine  2Ibfafyrt  mefyr  ju  benfen. 

(®et)t  ab.) 

Sifter. 

2)er  Sett  gsfangen,  unb  ber  greifyerr  tot! 
@rfyeb'  bie  freeze  ©time,  Styrannei, 
2125  SBirf  atte  ©$am  fytntoeg !    SDer  3Jhtnb  ber  SBafyrtyeit 
3ft  ftumm,  bag  fefy'nbe  2luge  ift  geblenbet, 
SDer  2lrm,  ber  retten  foHte,  ift  gefeffelt. 

flttabe. 

@g  ^agelt  fd^toer.    $ommt  in  bte  §utte,  33ater, 
@g  ift  ni$t  fommlicfy,  fyier  im  greien  tyaufen. 

gifdjer. 
2130  3tafet,  tfyr  2Bmbe!    glammt  tyerab,  ifyr  33li$e! 
3fyr  2BoIfen,  berftet!    ©iefct  fyerunter,  ©trome 
SDeg  §immelg,  unb  erfauft  bag  Sanb!    3erftort 
3m  $eim  bie  ungeborenen  ©ef$le$ter! 


^.  21  ii f 3ii g.    J.  Scene.  115 

3$r  toilben  ©lemente,  toerbet  §err! 
2135  3#r  93aren,  fommt,  t^r  alien  SDSoIfe  toieber 
2)er  groften  2Biifte!    6u$  gefyort  bag  Sanb. 
2Ber  ftrirb  fyier  leben  tooHen  ofyne  greifyett! 

ftttile* 

§ort,  vt>te  ber  Slbgrunb  toft,  ber  SBirbel  bxixttt, 
©0  fyat'g  nod)  nie  geraft  in  biefem  ©$lunbe! 

Sifter. 

2140  3^  jielen  auf  beg  eignen  $inbeg  §aupt, 
©olcfyeg  toarb  feinem  SSater  nocfy  geboten! 
Unb  bie  -Katur  foil  ni$t  in  toilbem  ©rtmm 
©i$  brob  emporen  —  D,  mt$  folPg  nid^t  tounbem, 
SBenn  fi$  bie  gelfen  biidfen  in  ben  ©ee, 

2145  SBenn  jene  ,3a*en/  iene  ©ife^tiirmc, 

S)ie  nie  auftauten  feit  bem  ©cfyopfunggtag, 
53on  tfyren  fyofyen  ihilmen  nieberfcfymelsen, 
SGBenn  bie  SBerge  bred^en,  toenn  bie  alten  Jtliifte 
Sinftiir$en,  eine  &toeite  ©tinbflut  atfe 

2150  2Bofynftatten  ber  2ebenbig*n  fcerfcfylingt! 
(Wan  l)5rt  tauten.) 

$nabc. 
igort  3^/  fa  lauten  broben  auf  bem  93erg. 
©etoifc  fyat  man  ein  ©cfyiff  in  3lot  gefefyn 
Unb  jie^t  bie  ®Iodfe,  bafe  gebetet  toerbe. 

(StetQt  auf  cine  Wnl)5f)e.) 
Sifter. 
SBefye  bem  gafyr^eug,  bag,  je£t  untertoegg, 
2155  3>n  biefer  furcfytbam  SBiege  toirb  getoiegt! 
§ier  ift  bag  ©teuer  unnu£  unb  ber  ©teurer; 
SDer  ©turm  ift  3Ketfter,  2Binb  unb  SEeUe  ftielen 


116  HH  lli  elm  (Eel.!. 

33att  mit  bem  5ftenf$en  —  2)a  tft  nafy  unb  fern 
$ein  33ufen,  ber  ifym  freunbltcfy  Scfyufc  geroafyrte! 
2160  §anbIog  unb  fcfyroff  anftetgenb  ftarren  ifym 
£>ie  f5eIfen/-  ^e  untoirtlicfyen,  entgegen 
Unb  toeifen  ifym  nur  ifyre  fteinern  fd^roffe  33ruft. 

ftnabt  (beutct  Un!8). 

SSater,  ein  ©$iff!   eg  fommt  toon  gliielen  fyer. 

Sifter. 

©ott  fyelf  ben  armen  Seuten!    2Benn  ber  ©turm 
2165  2>n  biefer  2Bafferfluft  ftd)  erft  toerfangen, 

2)ann  raft  er  urn  ficfy  mit  beg  9taubtierg  2Ingft, 
Sag  an  beg  ©itterg  (Sifenftabe  fcfyiagt; 
2)ie  ^forte  fud^t  er  fyeulenb  ficfy  Dergebeng, 
£)enn  ringgum  fcfyranfen  ilm  bie  gfelfen  ein, 
2170  SDie  fyimmelfyocfy  ben  engen  $afe  fcermauern. 

((5r  ftctflt  auf  bie  9lnf)5$e.) 

$nabe. 

@g  ift  bag  §errenf$iff  bon  Uri,  SSater, 

3$  fenn'g  am  rotten  2)a$  unb  an  ber  gafyne. 

Sifter. 

©eridfjte  ©otteg!    3a,  er  ift  eg  felbft, 

SDer  Sanbfcogt,  ber  ba  fafyrt  —  2)ort  f$ifft  er  fyn 
2175  Unb  fitfyrt  im  ©cfyiffe  fein  33erbre$en  mit ! 

©Cornell  fyat  ber  3lrm  beg  9ia$erg  ifyn  gefunben; 

Sefct  fennt  er  iiber  ficfy  ben  ftarfern  £>enn. 

$)iefe  SBeHen  geben  ni$t  auf  feine  ©iimme, 

SDiefe  gelfen  biicfen  ifyre  §aupter  nicfyt 
2180  SSor  feinem  §ute  —  $nabe,  bete  nid^t! 

©reif  nic^t  bem  9ti$ter  in  ben  2lrm ! 


<$.  2luf3ug.    \.  Scene.  117 


toabe. 


3$  bete  fiir  ben  Sanbfcogt  nid^t  —  £5$  Bete 

%ixx  ben  Sett,  ber  auf  bem  ©cfyiff  fi$  mit  befinbet. 

3?tf$er. 

D  Unfcernunft  be3  blinben  ©lementS! 
2185  Wufct  bu,  urn  e  i  n  e  n  ©d^ulbigen  ju  treffen, 

£)a*  ©cfyiff  mit  fammt  bem  ©teuermann  fcerberben! 

©iefy,  fiefy,  fie  toaren  gliicfUcfy  fdjon  fcorbei 
2lm  33uggi3grat;   bod^  bie  ©etoalt  beg  ©turmS, 
S)er  Don  bem  SeufeUmunfter  toiberprattt, 
2190  SBirft  fie  jum  grofcen  2l$enberg  juriidE. 

—  3$  W  fie  n^t  mefyr. 

Sifter. 

SDortiftba3§acfmeffer, 
2Bo  f$on  ber  ©cfyiffe  mefyrere  gebrocfyen. 
SBenn  fie  nicfyt  toei£li$  bort  fcoruberlenfen, 
©0  toirb  ba§  ©cfyiff  $erfcfymettert  an  ber  $lufy, 
2195  £)ie  fid^  gafyfto^ig  abfenft  in  bie  Siefe. 

—  ©ie  fyaben  einen  guten  ©teuermann 

2lm  Sorb;  fonnt*  einer  retten,  toar'S  ber  Sell; 
2)o<$  bem  fmb  2lrm'  unb  §anbe  \a  gefeffelt. 

SBii^elm  £eti  mit  ber  SIrmbrufL 

(@r  fommt  mit  rafdjen  ©Written,  bticft  erftaunt  umljer  unb  getgt  bie 
Ijefttgfte  SBetoegung.  SSenn  er  mitten  auf  ber  @cene  ift,  hnrft  er 
ftcf)  uteber,  bie  §anbe  gu  ber  (Srbe  unb  bann  gum  #immei  au8* 
breitenb.) 

Shtabe  (bemertt  i&n). 

©iefy,  aSater,  toer  ber  2Kann  ift,  ber  bort  f met  ? 


118  IPil^elm  Cell. 

Sifter. 

2200  @r  faftt  bie  (Srbe  an  nut  feinen  §anben 
Unb  fc^eint  tote  aufcer  ficfy  gu  fein. 

Stttabt  (tommt  t>orroart§). 

2Ba§  fe^'  ic&!    Sater!    Sater,  fommt  unb  fe^t! 

fjtfr^er  (na&ert  ft$). 

2Ber  ift  eg?  —  ©ott  im  §immet!    2Ba3!  ber  3TeH? 
2Bie  lommt  3&r  ^ie^er?    Sebet! 
Rnabt. 

SBart  gtyr  nid&t 
2205  2)ort  auf  bem  ©cfyiff  gefangen  unb  gebunben? 

Sfyr  tourbet  ni$t  na$  5tii&na$t  abgefu^rt? 

£ett  (fteljt  auf). 

3$  bin  befreit. 

Sifter  unb  Jhtalie, 
Sefreit!    D  SBunber  ©ottcg! 
$nafce. 
2Bo  lommt  2#r  fyer? 

Sell. 

2)ort  au3  bem  Scfyiffe. 
fttfaer. 

2Ba3? 
Jfttabe  Cpgbtft 
2Bo  ift  ber  Sanbfcogt? 

XtU. 
2luf  ben  2Betten  treibt  er. 


<k.  21  uf 3119.    t.  Scene.  119 

Stfdjer, 

2210  Sfk'S  moglidj?    2lber  3^r?  toxc  feib  %fy  fyier? 
©eib  Gsuren  Sanben  unb  bem  ©turm  entlommen? 

XtU. 

2)ur$  ©otte§  gnab'ge  giirfefyung —  £ort  an! 

ftifdjcr  unb  $nalie. 
D,  rebet,  rebet! 

£eu\ 
2Ba3  in  3lItorf  ft$ 
Segeben,  toifet  3^r'«? 

gif«cr, 
2lHe3  toeifeicfy,  rebet  1 

£ea. 

1215  35afe  mi$  ber  Sanbbogt  fafyen  liefe  unb  binben, 
9la$  feiner  Surg  $u  ^ufenacfyt  moUte  fufyren. 

Sifter. 

Unb  ftcfy  mit  @u$  gu  fjluelen  etngefcfyifft! 

2Bir  h>iffen  aHeS.    ©precfyt,  n>ic  2#r  entfommen? 

XtU. 

3$  lag  im  Scfytff,  mit  ©tricfen  feft  gebunben, 
2220  -IBefyrloS,  ein  aufgegebner  3Jlann  —  -Kicfyt  ^>offt'  i$, 
2)a3  frofye  £t$t  ber  ©onne  mefyr  ju  fefyn, 
3)er  ©attin  unb  ber  $inber  IiebeS  2lntli§, 
Unb  ttoftlo*  bltcft'  idj  in  bie  2Bafferh;ufte  — 

StWer. 

D  armer  9Kann! 

Sett. 
6o  fufyren  h>ir  bafyin, 
2225  ®er  33ogt,  Stubotyfy  ber  §arra3  unb  bie  Rntfyt. 


120  IDtl^cIm  Cell. 

■Jftein  Slower  aber  mit  ber  2lrmbruft  lag 
2lm  ^intern  ©ranfen  bet  bem  ©teuerruber. 
Unb  aU  toir  an  bie  6cfe  jetjt  gelangt 
33etm  Ileinen  2l£en,  ba  ber^dngt*  e£  ©ott, 

2230  3)af$  fol$  ein  graufam  morbrifcfy  Ungetoitter 

©afylingS  ^erfiirbrad^  au§  be3  ©ottfyarbS  ©cfylunben, 
2)aft  alien  Stuberern  ba3  §erj  entfanf, 
Unb  meinten  affe,  elenb  ju  ertrinfen. 
25a  fyon'  id&'S,  tote  ber  2)iener  einer  ftdlj 

2235  3um  Sanbfcogt  toenbef  unb  bie  SBorte  fyra$ : 
„3^r  fe^>et  (Sure  3lot  unb  unfre,  §err, 
Unb  baft  toir  alP  am  9tanb  be§  £obe§  fd&toeben  — 
2)te  ©teuerleute  aber  toiffen  ficfy 
SSor  grower  gurcfyt  ntdj)t  Slat  unb  finb  be§  ftaljrenS 

2240  -Jficfyt  toofyl  bericfytet  —  5ftun  aber  ift  ber  £eH 
@tn  (tar!er  SJtann  unb  toetft  ein  ©cfyiff  $u  fteuern. 
2Bie,  toenn  totr  fein  je$t  braudjten  in  ber  9?ot?" 
2)a  fprac^  ber  33ogt  ju  mir:  „£eH,  toenn  bu  bir'3 
©etrauteft,  un§  ju  Ijelfen  au3  bem  ©turm, 

2245  ©0  moc^t'  i$  bicfy  ber  Sanbe  toofyt  entleb'gen." 
%<fy  aber  fyracfy:  „%a,  §err,  mit  ©otteS  $i(fe 
©etrau'  id)  mtr'3  unb  Ijelf  un3  toofyl  fyiebannen." 
©0  toarb  id)  metner  S3anbe  Io§  unb  ftanb 
5lm  ©teuerruber  unb  fufyr  reblicfy  fyin; 

2250  2)o$  fcfytelt'  id)  fetttoart£,  too  mein  Scfyief^eug  lag, 
Unb  an  bem  Ufer  merft'  idj)  f$arf  umfyer, 
2Bo  \id)  ein  $orteil  auftfyat'  §um  ©ntftmngen. 
Unb  tote  id)  eine§  gelfenrip  getoafyre, 
2)a3  abgeplattet  fcorfyrang  in  ben  ©ee  — 

Sifter. 

2255  3$  fenn%  e3  ift  am  guft  be£  grofcen  SSfeen, 


Sells  ghtd)t 


Face  p.  120 


4.  21uf3ug.    i  Scene.  121 

2)od)  nicfyt  fur  tnogltd^  ad£)t'  i$'3  —  fo  gar  fteil 
©efyt'S  an  —  fcom  ©cfyiff  e§  fyringenb  ab^ureicfyen  — 

sea. 

©cfyrte  id)  ben  $ne$ten,  fyanblicfy  jujugefyn, 
23i3  baft  toir  Dor  bie  gelfenplatte  fdmen, 

2260  Sort,  rief  id),  fei  bas  ^Xrgfte  iiberftanben  — 
Unb  al§  toir  fte  frifd^  rubernb  balb  erreid^t, 
glefy'  xi)  bie  ©nabe  ©otte3  an  unb  briide, 
■Kit  alien  Seibeefraften  angeftemmt, 
T)en  btntern  ©ranfen  an  bie  gelStoanb  fyin. 

2265  3et&  fdjneH  mein  ©cfyiej^eug  faffenb,  fcfyttring'  idEj  felbft 
§odjfyringenb  auf  bie  $latte  midj  Ijinauf, 
Unb  mit  getoalt'gem  gu^ftofe  Winter  micfy 
©cfyleubr'  id£>  ba§  ©djifflein  in  ben  ©dEjIunb  ber  Staffer  — 
SDort  mag'3,  toie  ©ott  toiff,  auf  ben  SSeHen  treiben ! 

2270  ©0  bin  id)  fyter,  gerettet  au§  be§  ©turmS 

©etoalt  unb  au§  ber  fdjlimmeren  ber  3Ken[$en. 

ftifdjer. 

Sell,  Sell!  ein  ficfytbar  SBunber  fyat  ber  §err 
2ln  @ud)  getfyan;  faum  glaub'  td^S  tneinen  ©innen  — 
SDocfy  faget!     2Bo  gebenfet  3fyr  jefct  fyin? 
2275  2>enn  ©icfyerfyeit  ift  nicfyt  fiir  6ud),  toofern 
2)er  Sanbbegt  Iebenb  biefem  ©turm  entfommt. 

Sett. 

3d?  i)orf  ifjn  fagen,  ba  id)  nocfy  im  ©d^iff 
©ebunben  lag,  er  toolP  bei  Srunnen  lanben, 
Unb  iiber  6d;to%  nacfy  feiner  Surg  micfy  fii^ren* 

5if«er. 

2280  2Bitt  er  ben  SBeg  bafyin  ju  Sanbe  nefymen? 


122  VO  tiff  elm  Cell. 

XtU. 
@r  benfH. 

gifdjer. 

D,  fo  fcerbergt  @u$  ofyne  ©ciumen! 
9ti$t  groeimal  fyttft  @udj  ©ott  au§  fexner  §anb, 

Sea, 

SRennt  mir  ben  nadfyften  23eg  na$  2lrt  unb  Siiftnad&t, 

Sftfdjer* 
SDie  offne  ©trafee  jtefyt  fid)  iiber  ©teinen; 
2285  Qctf)  einen  fiir^ern  2Beg  unb  fyetmlicfyern 
5lann  @u$  mein  $nabe  iiber  £oroer§  fii^ren. 

XtU  (gie&t  itjm  bie  £anb). 

©ott  IoI?n'  ©udj  (Sure  ©utt^at!    Sebet  mofyl! 

(Q5cl)t  unb  fefjrt  ttueber  urn.) 
—  §abt  g^r  nicfyt  aucfy  im  Stiitli  mitgefefyrooren? 
9Jttr  beucfyt,  man  nannt'  @u$  mtr  — 

Sifter. 

3d(j  mar  babei 
2290  Unb  J)ab'  ben  Gib  be§  33unbe§  mit  befd^tooren. 

ZtU. 

©0  eilt  nacfy  Siirglen,  tfyut  bte  Sieb  mtr  an\ 
9Ketn  2Betb  fcer^agt  urn  mi$;  fcerfiinbei  ifyr, 
2)afc  idf)  gerettet  fei  unb  roofyl  geborgen. 

SDocfy  roofyin,  fag'  icfy  tfyr,  bafy  3$r  geflofyn? 
£e«. 
2295  S^r  werbet  metnen  ©cfymafyer  bet  tfyr  finben 
Unb  anbre,  bte  im  9tutlt  mitgefefyrooren  — 
©te  foHen  toatfer  fein  unb  gute3  5Jtut§. 


<*.  21  u f  3 u  g.    2.  Scene.  123 

2)er  Sell  fei  fret  un£>  feine§  2lrme§  mcic^txg ; 
Salb  toerben  fie  ein  2Beitre§  Don  mir  fyoren. 

gtftfer. 
2300  2Ba3  fyabt  g&r  im  ©etniit?    ©ntbecft  mir'*  frei! 

Sen. 

3ft  e3  g  e  t  fy  a  n ,  toirb'3  aucfy  jur  9tebe  fommen. 

(<3cf)t  ab.) 

$eig'  ifym  ben  2Beg,  ^enni  —  ©oit  fiel)'  ifym  bet ! 
6r  fufyrt'3  jum  3iel,  ^a^  er  au$  unternommen. 

(®e^t  ab.) 


<5rDette  Scene. 

(Sbettjof  pi  s2lttingl)aufen. 

S)er  gretljerr,  in  etnem  Slrmfeffei,  fierbenb.  SBatt^er  5urffr 
©  t  a  u  f  f  a  tf)  e  r ,  2ft  e  1  cf)  t  Ij  a  I  unb  33  a  u  m  g  a  r  t  e  n  urn  ilnt  be* 
fdjaftigt.    SBaltljer  £eH,  fnieenb  bor  bcm  ©terbenben. 

2Baltyer  gurft 
6§  ift  toorbei  mit  iljm,  er  ift  fn'nii&er. 

<5tauffa$ei\ 

2305  6r  Iiegt  ni$t  toie  ein  £oter  —  ©efyt,  bte  geber 
2luf  feinen  Sijtyen  regt  ficfy!     9iufyig  ift 
©ein  ©$laf,  unb  frieblid)  lacfyeln  feine  .Biige. 
(Saumgarten  gel)t  an  bte  S^iire  unb  fpridjt  mit  jemanb.) 

2®alt^er  gitrft  (su  Saumgarten). 

SBer  iff  8? 


124  XP  tilt  elm  Cell. 

S3aumgartctt  (lommt  suriid). 

@3  ift  $rau  §ebmig,  (Sure  Softer; 
(Ste  toU  Sucfy  fyred)ert,  hnH  ben  Slnaben  fefyn. 

(SBalt^er  SeHrtd&tet  fief)  auf.) 
SBaitljer  ftiirft. 

2310  ®amt  icfy  fie.  troften?    §ab'  icr;  felber  £roft? 
£>auft  aHe3  Seiben  fid^>  auf  meinem  §au£t? 

^pebttltg  (^creinbringenb). 

2Bo  ift  mem  $irtb  ?    Safct  micr),  icr)  muft  e§  f  er;rt  — 

(Stauffadjer. 

gafet  @ucr; !    Sebenft,  ba{$  3r/r  im  §au§  be§  SobeS  — 

§ebttJtg  (ftttrjt  auf  ben  flnaben). 

SRem  SBalti !     D,  er  Iebt  mir ! 

2Baltljer  XtU  (§angt  an  t$r). 

Slrme  Gutter! 

§ebtt>tg. 

2315  Sft'3  auc§  geroift?    Sift  bu  mir  unfcerle^t? 

(Setrarf)tet  if)n  mit  angftticfyer  Sorgfalt.) 
Unb  ift  e§  moglicr;?    $ormt'  er  auf  bid^  jielen? 
22  ie  lonnf  er'3?    D,  er  fyat  lein  §er$ —  @r  formte 
SDen  ^Pfeil  abbriicfen  auf  fein  eigne§  Sinb! 

2Balt^er  fjitrft. 
6r  that's  mit  2lngft,  mit  fc^mer^erriftrter  ©eele ; 
2320  ©e^mungen  tr)at  vt%  benn  e§  gait  ba§  2zhtn. 

§ebttrig. 

D,  l?atf  er  eirte§  93ater§  £er&,  e§'  err§ 
©etfyart,  er  mare  taufenbmal  geftorben! 


<*.  21  u f 3ug.    2.  Scene.  125 

©tauffatfjer, 

2$r  foUtet  ©otte§  gnab'ge  ©cfyicfung  preifen, 
£)ie  eg  fo  gut  gelenft  — 

$ebttJtg. 

Sann  icfy  Dergeffen, 
2325  2Bie'3  batte  fommen  fonnen? —  ©ott  be§  §immelg! 
Unb  Iebt'  tcfy  ad^ig  $afyr'  —  3$  W  *>en  Snaben  etoig 
©ebunben  ftefyn,  ben  3Sater  auf  i^n  jielen, 
Unb  eitug  fliegt  ber  $feil  mir  in  bag  §erj. 

9tteltyl)al. 

gratt,  toiifctet  3#r,  tt>ie  ifyn  ber  3Sogt  geretjt! 

2330  D  rofyeg  §erj  ber  banner !    2Benn  ifyr  ©tolj 
33eleibigt  toirb,  bann  ad^ten  fie  nicfytg  mefyr; 
©ie  fe£en  in  ber  bltnben  2But  beg  (Spiels 
SDag  £aupt  beg  £inbeg  unb  bag  §er$  ber  Gutter! 

Saumgartett. 

3ft  @ureg  SOTanneg  £og  nicfyt  fyart  genug, 

2335  ®aft  2$r  mil  f  efferent  £abel  ifyn  nocfy  frdnft? 

gur  feine  Setben  fyabt  3fyr  lein  ©efityl? 

#ebtotg 
(fctjrt  ftd)  nadj  iljm  urn  unb  ftefyt  ifyn  nut  etnem  Gtofcen  SBttcfe  an). 
§aft  bu  nur  £fyranen  fur  beg  greunbeg  Ungliicf? 
—  SBo  toaret  il)r,  Da  man  ben  £reffli$en 
3n  33anbe  fcfylug?    28o  Wax  ba  eure  £>tlfe? 
2340  3br  fafyet  ju,  tfjr  liefet  bag  ©rafcltd^e  gefd;efyn ; 
©ebulbig  littet  \f)x\  baft  man  ben  greunb 
Slug  eurer  3Jiitte  fityrte  —  §at  ber  Sell 
2lu$  fo  an  eucfy  gefyanbelt?    ©tanb  er  and) 


126  IDilljelm  (EcIL 

Sebauernb  ba,  aU  fyinter  bir  bie  better 
2345  2)e§  2anbfcogt§  brangen,  al§  ber  tout'ge  See 
9Sor  bir  erbraufte?    Sfacfyt  mtt  tnufs'gen  S^ranen 
SBellagt'  er  bid),  in  ben  5fta$ert  fprang  er,  2Betb 
Unb  Stub  fcergafc  cr  unb  befrette  bid^  — 

SBaitijer  gfurft 

2Ba§  fonnten  fair  $u  feiner  Stettung  toagen, 
2350  3Me  Heine  gafyl,  &e  unbetoaffnet  h>ar! 

^ebmig  (roirft  fld^  an  feine  93rufi). 

D  Sater!     Unb  aucfy  bu  fyaft  ifyn  toerloren! 

$Da§  £anb,  fair  alle  I)aben  ifyn  fcerloren! 

lln§  alien  fefylt  er,  a$!  toir  fefylen  ifym! 

©ott  rette  feine  Seele  feor  Ser^toeiflung. 
2355  3u  ifym  fyinab  in3  obe  33urgfcerliej$ 

2)ringt  f  eine3  greunbeS  Eroft  —  SBenn  er  erfranfte  I 

21$,  in  be§  $erler§  feucfyter  $infterni3 

2Ru{$  er  erfranfen  —  2Bie  bie  Slfyenrofe 

Sleid^t  unb  feerfummert  in  ber  SumpfeSluft, 
2360  60  ift  fiir  tfyn  lein  Seben  al§  im  2i$t 

®er  Sonne,  in  bem  Salfamftrom  ber  Siifte. 

©efangen !    @r  !    Sein  2ltem  ift  bie  greifyeit ; 

@r  lann  ni$t  Ieben  in  bem  §au$  ber  ©riifte. 

©tauffaefjer. 

Serufyigt  @u$!    2Bir  alle  tooHen  fyanbeln, 
2365  Urn  feinen  $erfer  auf^utfyun. 

$ebttng. 

2Ca§  fonnt  t^r  fcfyaffen  ofyne  ifyn? —  ©clang* 
®er  Eett  no$  frei  toar,  ja,  b  a  toar  no$  §offnung, 
E)a  tyatte  no$  bie  Unfcfyulb  einen  greunb, 
S)a  ^atte  einen  §elfer  ber  Serfolgte, 


/*.  2luf3ug.    2.  Scene.  127 

2370  Gutf)  atte  rettete  ber  Sell  —  g§r  aHe 

gufammen  lonnt  ni$t  feine  ^effeln  lofen! 

($)er  £$fretf)err  ertua^t.) 
gtaumgarten. 
@r  regt  ftd&,  ftitt ! 

2(tttttgl)aufen  (ft*  aufri^tenb). 

2Bo  ift  er? 
Stauffadjer. 

2Ber? 
8ttiftg|tttfttt. 

©r  fefylt  mir, 
33erlajjt  mtcfy  in  bent  le^ten  Slugen&licf ! 

Stauffatfjer. 

6r  meint  ben  ^unfer  —  6cfyicfte  man  nadj  t&m? 
SSalt^er  giirft 
2375  @3  ift  nad)  ifym  gefenbet  —  Sroftet  @u$ ! 
6r  tyat  fein  §er§  gefunben,  er  ift  unfer. 

Stttingljaufen. 

feat  er  gefprocfyen  fiir  fein  SSaterlanb? 

Stauffadjer. 
3Jttt  £elbenlitfynfyett. 

2tttingl)attfeit. 

SBarum  fommt  er  ni$t, 
Urn  tneinen  le^ten  ©egen  311  empfangen? 
?38o  £5$  fitfyle,  bafc  e§  fcfyleunig  mit  tnir  enbet. 

(Stauffacfycr. 

9W$t  alfo,  ebler  §err!    2)er  lur^e  S$Iaf 
£>at  @u$  erquicft,  unb  fyetl  ift  6uer  33Iidf. 


128  H>  till  elm  Cell. 

Sitting!)  anfetu 

®er  ©$merg  ift  Seben,  er  toerliefc  midfj  audi; 
5Da§  Seiben  ift  fo  tote  bie  §offnung  au3. 
(G?r  bcmerft  ben  $nafcen.) 

2385  2Ber  ift  ber  Snabe  ? 

SB&aifljer  gffirfr 

©egnet  ifyn,  0  §err! 
6r  ift  ntein  (Snfel  unb  ift  fcaterloS. 
(^cbmtQ  fin  ft  mit  bem  ftnaben  t>or  bcm  Sterbenben  nieber.) 

9Cttmgl)aufett. 

Unb  fcaterloS  Iaff  id?  eu$  aEe,  aHe 
3uriicf  —  2Befy  mir,  bafc  tneine  lettfen  33Iitfe 
®en  Untergang  be§  2?aterlanb§  gefefyn! 
2390  SKuftt'  i$  be$  2eben3  ^od^fte^  9Kafc  erreicfyen, 
Um  gang  mit  alien  §offnungen  311  fterben! 

Stauffarfjer  (ju  2BaItI)er  ftiirft). 

©oil  er  in  biefem  finftem  Summer  fd^eiben? 
6r^eHen  toir  ifym  nicfyt  bie  letjte  ©tunbe 
SDtit  fcfyonem  ©trafyl  ber  §offnung?  —  gbler  $reifyerr! 
2395  (Srfyebet  @uren  ©etft!    9Bir  finb  nicfyt  gang 
SSerlaffen,  finb  nidjt  rettungslo3  berloren. 

Slttiugljaufett. 
2Ber  foil  eu$  retten? 

2Balt!)er  gtirft 

2Bir  un§  felbft.     Serne^mt! 
@<S  I)aben  bie  bret  Sanbe  ftd)  bag  2Bori 
©egeben,  bie  Styrannen  gu  fceqagen. 
2400  ©efd^Ioffen  ift  ber  Sunb;  ein  fyeil'ger  ©detour 
Serbinbet  un§.    (S3  toirb  ge^anbelt  toerben, 


4.  2luf3ug.    2.  Scene.  129 

©^  nocfy  ba§  igafyr  ben  neuen  SreiS  beginnt. 
(Suer  8taub  Voirb  rufyn  in  einem  freien  Sanbe. 

9tttingf)aufett. 

D,  faget  mir!    ©ef  cutoff  en  ift  ber  Sunb? 

9tteltWal. 

c4c5  3m  gleidfren  Sage  toerben  atte  bret 
9BaIbftatte  ftd§>  erfyeben.   2ttte3  ift 
33ereit,  unb  ba£  ©efyeimniS  toofylbetoafyrt 
93t3  je£t,  obgleid)  bieF  §unberte  e3  teilen. 
§ofyl  ift  ber  S3oben  unter  ben  Styrannen ; 

2410  ®te  Sage  ifyrer  §errf$aft  finb  gejd^lt, 

Unb  balb  ift  i!)re  Spur  nicfyt  mefyr  ju  ftnben. 

Sfttingljattfetu 

2)ie  feften  Surgen  aber  in  ben  Sanben? 

6ie  fatten  atte  an  bem  gleicfyen  Sag. 

2ltiutgl)aufcm 
Unb  finb  bie  gbeln  biefeS  SunbS  teil^aftig? 

<Stauffatf)er. 
2415  9Bir  fyarren  ifyreS  33eiftanb§,  toenn  e§  gift; 
3c$t  aber  fyat  ber  Sanbmann  nur  gefcfytooren. 

Sfttingliaufett 

(rtdjtet  fidj  tangfam  in  bie  «£>ot)e,  mit  gro&em  (Srfiaunen). 

§at  ftd)  ber  Sanbmann  foldjer  Sfyat  fcertoogen, 
2lu§  eignem  3Ritt*eI,  ofyne  §ilf  ber  ©beln, 
§at  er  ber  eignen  Sraft  fo  t>tel  fcertraut  — 
2420  2Sa,  bann  bebarf  e3  unferer  nicfyt  mel)r ; 
©etroftet  ionnen  toir  $u  ©rabe  fteigen, 


130  tPtitjeim  Cell. 

(S3  lebt  n  a  dj  tm§  —  burcfy  anbrc  ®raf te  toill 

2)a§  §errli$e  ber  5Renfd$eit  ftd^>  erfyalten. 

((Sr  Iegt  feme  £anb  auf  ba3  £aupt  be§  $tnbe§,  ba§  t>or  tfjtn  auf  ben 
$nieen  liegt.) 

2(u§  biefem  §aupte,  too  ber  2fyfel  lag, 
2425  2Birb  eucfy  bie  neue,  beftre  gretfyeit  griinen; 
®a§  Slltc  tfftqt,  e§  anbert  ficfy  bie  grit, 
Unb  neue£  Seben  blii^t  au£  ben  Slutnen. 

Stauffatfjer  (ju  smaller  ftttrft;. 

©efyt,  toelcfyer  ©Ian§  ftcfy  urn  fein  2Iug'  ergiefct! 
3)a3  ift  ntd&t  ba3  Srlofcfyen  ber  9Jatur, 
2430  2>a§  ift  ber  ©ira^I  f$on  eineS  neuen  £eben§. 

Sfttingljaufeiu 

£)er  2lbel  fteigt  toon  feinen  alten  Surgcn 

ttnb  ftfjtoort  ben  ©tabten  feinen  Siirgereib; 

3m  Urf)tlanb  fdEjon,  im  £I)urgau  fyat'3  begonnen, 

2)ie  eble  23 em  erfyebt  ifyr  fyerrfcfyenb  Qaupt, 

2435  ^reiburg  ift  eine  ficfyre  Surg  ber  greien, 

®ie  rege  £ux\3)  toaffnet  t^rc  3unfte 

3um  friegerifcfyen  §eer  —  6§  bricfyt  bie  9Jia$t 

®er  $onige  ficfy  an  t^ren  eto'gen  2BdHen  — 

(Sr  fprt$t  $>a3  fjolgenbe  nut  bem  2:on  etne§  Sef)er§  —  feine  SRebe  jletgt 
bt§  jur  23egeifterunQ.) 

®ie  giirften  fefy'  tcfy  unb  bie  ebeln  §errn 
2440  $n  §arnifd;en  fyerange^ogen  !ommen, 

6tn  fyarmloS  SSoll  fcon  §irten  $u  befriegen. 

5luf  Sob  unb  2zhtn  toirb  gefdmpft,  unb  fyerrlicfy 

2Birb  manner  $aft  burcfy  blutige  6ntf$eibung. 

SDer  Sanbmann  ftiirjt  fid)  mit  ber  nacften  33ruft, 
2445  ©n  freie3  D})fer,  in  bie  ©$ar  ber  Sangen! 


<*.  2Iuf3ug.    2.  Scene.  131 

@r  bricfyt  fie,  unb  be3  2Xbe^  Slate  fciUt, 
@£  fyebt  bie  greifyett  fiegenb  iB?re  gafyne. 

(2BattI)cr  gfurjiS  unb  <5tauffa$er§  £anbe  faffenb.) 
SDrum  fyaltet  feft  jufammen  —  feft  unb  etoig  — 
£ein  Drt  ber  gretfyeit  fei  bem  anbem  fremb  — 
2450  §od;toa$ten  ftellet  au§  auf  euren  Sergen, 

©afr  ficfy  ber  Sunb  &um  Sunbe  rafefy  fcerfammle  — 
<5eib  einig  —  einig  —  einig  — 
(Gr  ftillt  in  ba8  $tffen  guriicf  —  feine  §anbe  gotten  cntfeett  nod)  bie 
anbem  gefajjt  giirft  unb  ©tauffadjer  betradjten  ilnt  nod)  eine 
3eit  tang  fdjtoeigenb  ;  bann  treten  fte  fyimneg,  jeber  feinem  <Sd)mer$ 
iiberlaffen.  Unterbeffen  ftnb  bie  $ued)te  fttU  Ijeretngebmngen,  fie 
nafyern  fid)  mit  ,3etd)en  cinc®  jtitfera  obcr  Ijeftigem  ©djmerjenS, 
einige  fnieen  bei  iljm  nieber  unb  meinen  auf  feine  §anb  ;  toaljrenb 
biefer  fhunmen  ©cene  mirb  bie  93urggfocfe  gelautet.) 

9£uben$  JU  ben  25 or i gen, 

9tfuben$  (rafc§  eintretenb). 

Sebt  er?    D,  faget,  fann  er  micfy  nocfy  fyoren? 

SBaltijer  Siirft 

(beutet  l)in  mit  toegacroanbtem  ©eftcfyt). 

3fyr  feib  jettf  unfer  2efyen£l)err  unb  ©dormer, 
2455  Unb  biefeg  ©cfylofc  fyat  einen  anbem  9tamen. 

Rubens 

(erbltcft  ben  Ceidjnam  unb  ftefjt  t>on  t)eftigem  Sdjmers  ergrtffen). 

D  giit'ger  ©ott!  —  Sommt  meine  Sfieu'  gu  fpat? 
Sonnt'  er  nicfyt  toen'ge  $)3ulfe  Idnger  leben, 
Urn  mein  gednbert  §erj  gu  fefyn? 
SSerad^tet  fyah1  icfy  feme  treue  ©timme, 
2460  £)a  er  nod)  toanbelte  im  £i$t  —  ©r  ift 
®al)in,  ift  fort  auf  immerbar  unb  lafct  mir 


132  ID  i  I  If  elm  Cell. 

SDte  fcfyroere,  unbejatylte  ©$ulb!  — D,  faget! 
(5d)ieb  er  bafyin  im  Unmut  gegen  mid)? 

Stauffatfjer, 

@r  fyorte  fterbenb  no$,  toa3  2#r  9^an, 
2465  Unb  fegnete  ben  2But,  mit  bem  3#r  fprad^t! 

yillbeitj  (fntet  an  bem  £oten  nieber). 

3ja,  fyeil'ge  SWefte  eine3  teuren  -JRanneS! 
(Sntfeelter  Seicfynam !    §ier  gclob'  id;  bir'3 
3n  beine  falte  Soten^anb  —  gerriffen 
$ab'  icfy  auf  etoig  aHe  fremben  SBanbe; 
2470  guriidgegeben  bin  id)  meinem  SSoII ; 

(Sin  ©cfyroetjer  bin  id),  unb  id)  mill  eg  fein 

Son  ganger  ©eele 

(Hufjfefcnb.) 

£rauert  urn  ben  $reunb, 
Sen  Setter  aHer,  bocfy  Der^aget  nicfyt! 
■Ntcfrt  blofc  fein  6rbe  ift  mir  jugefaHen, 

2475  ®%  f*0^*  fe*n  §er3/  fem  ®e*ft  auf  1™$  fyerab, 
Unb  Iciftcn  foil  eudj  meine  frifcfye  $ugenb, 
2Ba§  eud;  fein  greifeS  31  Iter  fcfyulbig  blieb. 
—  Gfyrrourb'gcr  SJater,  gebt  mir  Sure  §anb! 
®tbt  mir  bie  Surige!     SReldjtfyal,  audE>  3#r! 

2480  Sebenft  (Sucfy  nid^t !     D,  roenbet  @ud£)  ni$t  meg ! 
©mpfanget  meinen  ©cfyrour  unb  mein  ©eliibbe ! 

SSaltfjcr  gilrft 

©ebt  ifym  bie  §anb!     ©ein  mieberfefyrenb  §erj 
33erbient  33ertraun. 

Sfyr  fyabt  ben  Sanbmann  ni$t§  geacfytef. 
©£re$t,  meffen  foil  man  ficfy  gu  Sucfy  fcerfefyn? 


t.  2luf3ug.     2.  Scene.  133 

DfJubenj. 

2485  D,  ben!et  ntdjt  beg  ^rrtumg  meiner  3u9enb* 
Siauffadjer  (ju  swei<$t&ai). 
6eib  etnig!   toar  bag  te§te  2Bort  beg  33aterg. 
©ebenlet  beffen ! 

£ier  ift  meine  §anb! 
2)eg  Sauern  §anbf$Iag,  ebler  igerr,  ift  au$ 
gin  9)Jannegtoort !     2Bag  ift  ber  fitter  ofyne  ung? 
2490  Unb  unfer  (Stanb  ift  alter  atg  ber  (Sure. 

JWubenj. 

3$  efyr'  tfyn,  unb  mein  ©d^it>ert  foil  ifyn  Befc^u^cn. 

aRcidjtijai. 

2)  e  r  2trm,  §err  greifyerr,  ber  bie  fyarte  Grbe 
©icfy  untertoirft  unb  ifyren  6cbo&  befrucfytet, 
$ann  and)  beg  5ftanneg  Sruft  befcfyu^en. 

JRuben^. 

2495  ©oUt  tneine  Sruft,  idfj  toill  bie  Sure  fa)u$en, 
So  ftnb  fair  einer  burcfy  ben  anbern  ftarf. 
—  Xod)  tooju  reben,  ba  bag  SSaterlanb 
©in  9laub  nod)  ift  ber  fremben  ^rannei? 
SBenn  erft  ber  Soben  rein  ift  von  bent  geinb, 

2500  2)ann  h?oHen  toir'g  in  grieben  fdfyon  fcergleicfyen. 
(Wac&bem  ex  einen  Wuoenblicf  tnne  gefjalten.) 
3^r  fajtoeigt?     ^x  fyabt  mir  nid^tg  ^u  fagen?     2Bie? 
33erbtenr  icfy'g  nod;  nid^t,  baft  il?r  mir  toertraut? 
©0  tnufc  \d)  toiber  euren  -Bitten  tni$ 
gn  bag  ©efyeimnig  eureg  Sunbeg  brangen. 

25°5  —  3^r  §a&t  S^tagt  —  gefefytooren  auf  bem  Siutll  — 


134  IDtlffelm  Cell. 

3$  toeife  —  toeifc  aHe§,  toa3  tfyr  bort  t»er^anbelt^ 
Unb  toa§  mir  ni$t  t>on  eu$  fcertrauet  toarb, 
3$  fyah'%  betoafyrt  gletcfytoie  em  fyeilig  $fanb. 
9iie  toar  i$  meine3  SanbeS  getnb,  glaubt  mtr, 
2510  Unb  mentals  ^att*  tcfy  gegen  eu$  gefyanbelt. 

—  So$  iibel  ifyatet  ifyr,  e3  gu  fcerfd^ieben ; 

Die  ©tunbe  brtngt,  unb  rafter  £l?at  bebarf §  — 
2)er  Sell  toarb  fcfyon  ba3  Dpfer  eureS  6aumen§  — 

Siauffarfjer. 

2)a§  Sfyrtftfeft  abjutoarten,  fcfytouren  fair. 
sJfubeit$. 
2515  3$  n?ar  nicfyt  bort,  xcS)  fyab'  ntd^t  mtt  gefcfytooren. 
2Bartet  ifyr  ah,  id)  fyanble. 

2Weld)tl)al. 

2Ba3?    S&rtooHtei  — 

SDe3  2anbe§  3Satem  jafyP  id)  mi$  je£t  bet, 
Unb  meine  erfte  SPfltcfyt  tft,  eucfy  ju  fcfyii^en. 

SBaltljer  gfirft. 

£>er  @rbe  btefen  ieuren  Staub  ju  geben, 
2520  3ft  @ur*  nad^fte  SPflid&t  unb  fyeiltgfte. 

^ubettj. 

SBenn  fair  ba3  Sanb  befreit,  bann  legen  ftrir 
S)en  frifcfyen  ^ranj  be§  6ieg§  ifym  auf  bie  Safyre. 

—  D  greunbe !     Gure  <&a<fyt  ni$t  adetn, 
3$  fyabe  meine  eigne  au^ufedtfen 

2525  SCRit  bent  2tyrannen  —  §ort  unb  toi^t !     Serfcfytounben 
3ft  meine  Sertfya,  I)eimli$  toeggeraubt, 
Wit  fecfer  grefceltfyat  au3  unfrer  SKittcI 


^.  21  uf  3119.    2.  Scene,  135 

©tauffadjer. 

©oI$er  ©etoalttl)at  fyatte  ber  STtyrann 
2Biber  bie  freie  @ble  ficfy  bertoogen? 

2530  O  meine  greunbe!     @ud^  fcerfyracfy  tcfy  §ilfe, 
Unb  i$  juerft  mu^  fie  t>on  eu$  erflefm. 
©eraubt,  entriffen  ift  mtr  bie  ©eliebte. 
23er  faetft,  too  fie  ber  ffiutenbe  fcerbirgt, 
2BeId)er  ©etoalt  fie  frebelnb  ft$  erftifmen, 

2535  3fyr  §er$  gu  jtotngen  jum  berfyafcten  Sanb ! 
Serlafet  micfy  nicfyt,  o,  tyelft  mtr  fie  erretten  — 
6ie  Iiebt  eudEj,  0,  fie  fyat'3  berbient  um^  £anb, 
2)a{$  atle  Slrme  fid;  fitr  fie  betoaffnen  — 

SSaltljer  ftiirft. 

2Ba§  tooUt  %\)x  nnternefymen? 
JRubettj. 

2Bei&  id&'S?    2Td& ! 
2540  3^  biefer  9ia$t,  bie  tfyr  ©efefyief  umfyitllt, 

3n  btefeS  3^e'fe^  ungefyeurer  2tngft, 

2Bo  i$  nitfjts  $efte3  ju  erfafjen  toeife, 

3ft  mir  nur  biefeS  in  ber  ©eele  f lar : 

Unter  ben  S£rummern  ber  2tyrannenma$t 
2545  Sttlein  fann  fte  fyerborgegraben  toerben; 

2)ie  geften  ade  miiffen  toir  fcejtoingen, 

Db  toir  bielleicfyt  in  ifyren  ®erfer  bringen. 

$ommt,  fitfyrt  un§  an!    2Sir  folgen  @u$.     2Barum 
33i§  morgen  fparen,  toa3  toir  fyeut'  bermogen? 
2550  $rei  toax  ber  Sell,  al3  totr  im  Jlutli  fcfytouren; 
2)a£  Ungefyeure  toar  nocfy  nid^t  gefefyefyen. 


136  VO  ill|  elm  Cell. 

63  Brtngt  bie  geit  ein  anbereS  ©efe£; 
2Ber  ift  fo  feig,  ber  je£t  nod)  fonnte  jagen! 

sJtubtn%  (ju  <5tauffad)er  unb  SBalt&er  ftflrft). 

$nbe3  Betoaffnet  unb  gum  2Berf  Berett, 

2555  ©rtoartet  ifyr  ber  Serge  ^yeuer^etd^en ; 
2)enn  fdmeller,  al§  etn  Sotenfegel  fltegt, 
(SoH  eu$  bte  33otfdbaft  unfer§  ©ieg3  erretdE)en, 
Unb  fefyt  ifyr  leucfyten  bte  toiUfommnen  glammen, 
©ann  auf  bte  geinbe  ftiirjt  rate  2Better3  ©trafyl 

2560  Unb  Brecfyt  ben  33au  ber  Styrannet  gufammen ! 

((Mjen  ab.) 


Drttte  Scene, 

2)ie  ^o^te  ©affe.bei  $uf$nad)t. 

9ftan  ftetgt  toon  fjtnten  gtoifc^en  gelfen  Ijerunter,  unb  bte  SBauberer 
toerbeu,  el)e  ftc  auf  ber  ©cene  erfdjetuen,  fdjon  toon  ber  §5I)e  gefefyen. 
getfen  untfdjtiegen  bie  gauge  ©ceue;  auf  etuem  ber  oorberfieu  ift 
ein  23ortyrung,  mit  ©eftrcwd)  betuad)feu. 

Xctt  (tritt  auf  mit  ber  2Irmbruft). 

2>ur$  btefe  fyofyle  ©affe  muft  er  fommen; 
@§  fiifyrt  fetn  anbrer  2Beg  rxai)  ^itftnacfyt  —  §ter 
SSottenb'  ify$  —  3)te  ©elegenfyeit  ift  giinfttg. 
£)ort  ber  §ol!unberftraud)  fcerbirgt  mtcfy  ifym, 
2565  SSon  bort  fyerab  fann  il)n  mein  Spfeil  erlangen ; 
®e§  2Bege§  @nge  rcefyret  ben  SBerfoIgern. 
9Ka$'  betne  Stemming  mit  bent  igimmel,  $ogt! 
gort  muftt  bu,  betne  Ufyr  ift  abgelaufen. 


<*.  2Iuf3ug.    3.  Scene.  137 

3$  lebte  fttll  unb  fyarmloS  —  ba3  ©efd^ofe 
1570  2Bar  auf  be§  2£albe3  £tere  nur  gerid^tet, 
5Jkine  ©ebanlen  toaren  rein  t>on  9Jiorb  — 
J)u  E?aft  au3  metnem  grieben  micfy  IjerauS 
©efcfyrecft;  in  gdrenb    £)ra$engift  baft  bu 
£)ie  9JWcfy  ber  frommen  2)enfart  mir  toertoanbelt; 
2575  3um  Ungefyeuren  fyaft  bu  mid)  getoofynt  — 
28er  fid)  be3  itinbeS  §aupt  jum  3iele  fe£*e/ 
2)er  lann  audj  treffen  in  ba3  §er$  be§  $einb3. 

3Me  armen  Sinbletn,  bie  unfdjulbigen, 
2)a3  ireue  2Beib  mufc  id)  bor  beiner  2But 

2580  23efcfyu£en,  Sanbbogt!  —  SDa,  ate  idj  ben  Sogenftrang 
Slnjog  —  al3  mir  bie  §anb  ergitterte  — 
2113  bu  mit  graufam  teufeltfdjer  Suft 
Wxd)  Jtoangft,  auf3  §aupt  be$  SinbeS  an^ulegen — 
2113  icfy  ofynmddjtig  flefyenb  rang  bor  btr, 

2585  ®amal3  gelobt'  icfy  mir  in  meinem  3>nnem 

■Kit  furdjtbarm  ©ibfcfytour,  ben  nur  ©ott  gefyort, 
SDafc  meineS  n  defy  ft  en  ©cfyuffeS  erfteS  £\d 
2)ein  §erj  fein  foUte  —  2Ba3  kfy  mir  gelobt 
2>n  jene§  2lugenblicfe3  §offenqualen, 

2590  3P  eine  fyeil'ge  ©cfyulb  —  icfy  Voitl  fie  $afylen. 

3)u  bift  mein  §err  unb  meineS  KaiferS  3Sogt; 
2)o$  nicfyt  ber  $atfer  fydtte  ficfy  erlaubt, 
2Ba§  b  u  —  6r  fanbte  bidfj  in  biefe  Sanbe, 
Urn  Jtecfyt  ju  fyrecfyen  —  ftrengeS,  benn  er  gurnet  — 

2595  £)ocfy  ntcbt,  urn  mit  ber  morberifefyen  Suft 
2)td&  iebe§  ©reuete  ftrafloS  ju  erfrecfyen; 
63  lebt  ein  ©ott,  §u  ftrafen  unb  511  rdefyen. 

Somm  bu  fyerbor,  bu  Sringer  bittrer  6cfymer$en, 
SWein  teureS  $Ieinob  jettf,  mein  fyocfyfter  6$a$  — 


138  10 tit) elm  Cell. 

2600  (Sin  >$\d  totH  icfy  bir  geben,  ba§  bi§  je£t 
3)er  frommen  23ttte  unburcfybringlicfy  h>ar  — 
3)o$  bir  foil  e§  nicfyt  tuiberfte^n  —  Unb  bu, 
SSertraute  53ogenfelme,  bie  fo  oft 
9JUr  treu  gebient  fyat  in  ber  greube  ©pielen, 

2605  33erlaf*  mtcfy  nicfyt  im  fiircfyterlicfyen  @rnft! 
•Jiur  jetjt  nocfy  fyalte  feft,  bu  treuer  Strang, 
Ser  mir  [0  oft  ben  fyerben  $feil  befliigelt — 
©ntrdnn1  er  je£o  fraft!o§  meinen  igdnben, 
3$  fyc&t  leinen  ^toeiten  &u  berfenben. 

OEBanberer  geljen  uber  bie  Scene.) 

2610      2luf  biefer  33anf  t>on  Stein  toil!  i$  micfy  fe£en, 
3)em  SBanberer  jur  furjen  Stufy'  bereitet  — 
3)enn  fyier  ift  feine  §eimat  —  %zt)tx  treibt 
Sicfy  an  bem  anbern  rafcfy  unb  fremb  feoriiber 
Unb  fraget  nicfyt  na$  feinem  ©cfymer§  —  §ier  gefyt 

2615  3)er  forgenbolle  ^aufmann  unb  ber  leicfyt 
©efcfyurjte  ^ilger  —  ber  anbdcfyt'ge  SRdncfy, 
SDer  buftre  SRduber  unb  ber  fyeitre  ©pielmann, 
3)er  ©dumer  mit  bem  fcfytoer  belabnen  Sofc, 
®er  feme  fyerlommt  fcon  ber  TOenfc^en  Sdnbern, 

2620  £)enn  jebe  (Strafe  fiifyrt  an§  6nb'  ber  2Belt. 
©ie  atte  jie^en  ifyre£  2Bege§  fort 
2ln  ifyr  ©efdj>dft  —  unb  tneineS  ift  ber  -Kerb ! 
(Sett  M.) 
Sonft,  toenn  ber  3Sater  au^og,  liebe  Sinber, 
$)a  toar  ein  greuen,  toenn  er  toieber  fam  ; 

2625  Qtnn  niemalS  Ic^rt'  er  fyeim,  er  bracfyt'  eu$  zttoaZ, 
2Bar'3  eine  fcfyone  2ltyenblume,  tear'S 
©in  feitner  SSogel  ober  Stmmon^orn, 
2Bie  e§  ber  SBanbrer  finbet  auf  ben  Sergen  — 


*.  2Iuf3ug.    3.  Scene.  139 

Sefct  gefyt  er  einem  anbern  SBeibtoerf  na$, 
2630  2lm  toilben  23eg  fifct  er  mit  SIRorbgebanfen ; 
SDeg  geinbeg  Scben  ift'g,  toorauf  er  lauert. 

—  Unb  bocfy  an  e  u  cfy  nur  benft  er,  liebe  Sinber, 
2lud;  je£t  —  eu$  ju  oerteib'gen,  eure  fyolbe  Unfd?ulb 
3u  fcfyu^en  toor  ber  9la$e  beg  Jtyrannen, 

2635  2BiH  er  jum  9J2orbe  jetjt  ben  Sogen  fyannen. 
(©tefct  auf.) 

3$  laure  auf  ein  ebleg  2Bilb  —  Safet  ficfy'g 
3)er  gager  nicfyt  oerbrteften,  Sage  Iang 
Umfyer  ^u  ftreifen  in  beg  2Binter3  ©trenge, 
SSon  gelg  ju  gelg  ben  ffiagefprung  ju  tfyun, 
2640  §inan  ju  fltmmen  an  ben  glatten  SBanben, 
2Bo  er  ficfy  anleimt  mit  bem  eignen  93lut, 

—  Urn  ein  armfelig  ©rattier  ju  erjagen. 
£>ier  gilt  eg  einen  foftltcfyeren  $reig, 

2)a^  §erj  beg  £obfeinbg,  ber  micfy  h)iH  fcerberben. 

(9ttan  l)5rt  toon  feme  eine  Ijeitere  2ftuftf,  roelcfce  fidj  nfl^ert.) 

2645      3Rein  gan^eg  Seben  Iang  \)ab}  \<fy  ben  33ogen 
©efyanbfyabt,  micfy  geiibt  nacfy  ©cfyiitjenregel  ; 
3$  fyabe  oft  gefd^offen  in  bag  ©d^fear^e 
Unb  mancfyen  fcfyonen  $reig  mir  fyeimgebrac^t 
9Som  greubenfefyiefeen  —  2lber  fyeute  toiH  icfy 

2650  2) en  5Uietfterfc^ufj  tfyun  unb  bag  Sefte  mir 
3m  ganjen  Umfreig  beg  ©ebirgg  getoinnen. 

@ine  §odj$eit  $ieljt  iiber  bie  ©cene  unb  burdj  ben  §of)ftt)eg  fytnauf. 
£ett  betradjtet  fte,  auf  feinen  SBogen  geleljnt;  ©tiiffi  ber  glur* 
jdjufc  gefellt  fttf)  ju  itun. 

Stitffu 

35ag  i[t  ber  5Uoftermei'r  Don  SWorlifd^ad&en, 

2)er  fyier  ben  Srautlauf  fyalt  —  ein  reiser  3Jiann, 


140  rDUtjeim  (EelL 

(Sr  fyat  toofyl  $el)en  ©enten  auf  ben  2lfyen. 
2655  Die  Sraut  I)olt  er  je|t  ah  gu  ^mifee, 

Unb  biefe  3lad)t  tarirt  fyod?  gefcfytoelgt  $u  ^ufcnacfyt. 
$ommt  mit!  '3  ift  jeber  Siebermann  gelaben. 

Xett. 
(Sin  ernfter  ©aft  ftimmt  nicfyt  gum  §od^eit£fyau3. 

©tiiffu 

2)riicft  @u$  ein  Summer,  toerft  ifyn  frifcfy  bom  §er$en! 
2660  -Kefymt  mit,  h>a§  fommt;  bie  3eiten  fM  iel*  fcfytoer; 
2)rum  mufj  ber  SKenfcfy  bie  greube  leicfyt  ergretfen. 
§ier  toirb  gefreit  unb  anberStoo  begraben. 

%tU. 

Unb  oft  fommt  gar  bag  eine  ju  bem  anbern, 

©tiiffu 
©0  gefyt  bie  SBelt  nun.    @3  giebt  aHertoegen 
2665  UngliicfS  genug  —  Sin  Stufft  ift  gegangen 
gm  ©lamer  £anb,  unb  eine  ganje  ©eite 
SBom  ©larnifcfy  etngefunfen. 

Sell. 

SBanfen  au$ 
SDie  Serge  felbft?    @3  ftefyt  nid&tS  fc.ft  auf  (Srben. 

etfifft- 

2tu$  anberStoo  fcernimmt  man  2Bunberbinge. 
2670  ®a  fprac^  i$  einen,  ber  bon  33aben  lam. 

6in  fitter  tootlte  ju  bem  $bnig  reiten, 

Unb  untertoegS  begegnet  ifym  ein  ©cfytoarm 

SSon  ^orniffen ;   bie  fallen  auf  fein  9tofe, 

2)afe  e§  bor  SRarter  tot  &u  Soben  ftnft, 
2675  Unb  er  ju  gufje  anfommt  bei  bem  $omg. 


$.  2Iuf3ug.    3.  Scene.  •      141 

£eft\ 

2)em  ©dfjtoac^en  ift  fein  ©tad^el  audfy  gegeben. 
SI  r  m  g  a  r  b  fommt  mit  mefyreren  $inbern  unb  ftctCt  ftd)  an  ben 
(Singang  be$  §of)ltt)eg8. 

@tufft. 

2Ran  beutet'3  auf  ein  grofeeS  SanbeSungliicf, 
3luf  fcfytoere  Sfyaten  totber  bie  Sftatur. 

SeH. 

3)erglei$en  Jfyaten  bringet  jeber  £ag ; 
2680  $ein  SBunbcrjeic^en  braucfyt  fxe  511  berfiinben. 

©tiifft. 
3a,  foofyl  bem,  ber  fein  $elb  Beftefft  in  Ruty 
Unb  ungefrdnft  bafyetm  ft$t  bci  ben  ©einen. 

Sett. 

S3  fann  ber  grommfte  ntcfyt  tm  grieben  bleiben, 
SBenn  e£  bem  bofen  5fta$bar  ntd^t  gefdHt. 

(%eU  fic^t  oft  mtt  unrulier  (Jrroartung  nad)  ber  £5f)e  be3  SBegeS.) 
©tufft. 

2685  ©efyabt  6u$  toofyl  —  S#r  toartet  fyier  auf  jemanb? 

Sett. 

2)a$  fyu'  id). 

grolje  §eimfefyr  311  ben  guren ! 
—  3#r  feib  au3  Uri?  Unfer  gnab'ger  §err, 
3)er  Sanbbogt,  toirb  nod&  fyeut'  toon  bort  ertoartet. 

2$anbrer  (fommt). 
2)en  53ogt  ertoartet  fyeut'  ni$t  mebr.    Sic  SEBaffer 
2690  ©inb  au$getreten  Don  bem  grofcen  Jtegen, 
Unb  alle  33rudEen  fyat  ber  ©trom  jerriffen. 
(Sett  ffety  auf.) 


142  ID  Ufj elm  Cell. 

5trmgarb    (fommt  worroartS). 

3)er  Sanbfcogt  lommt  nicfyt! 

etiifft. 

<B\id)t  %f)t  mag  an  ifyn? 
5Jrmgarb. 
2t$,  freilic§! 

@tufjt. 
SBarum  ftettet  £$r  duty  benn 
gn  biefer  fyofylen  ©aff  tfmt  in  ben  2Beg? 

2lrmgarb. 

2695  S^er  roeicfyt  er  mir  mc^t  auS,  er  mufe  mt$  fyoren. 

3frief#arbt 

(fomtnt  eilfertig  ben  ^ot)ttDcg  tyerab  unb  ruft  in  bte  Scene). 
SKan  fafyre  au3  bem  2Beg  —  3Jiem  gnab'ger  §err, 
Der  Sanbtoogt,  fommt  bi$t  Winter  mir  geritten. 

(Sell  geftt  ab.) 
Slrmgarb  (leb&aft). 

2>er  Sanbbogt  fommt! 
(@te  geljt  mit  ifyren  $tnbern  nad)  ber  borbcrn  ©cene.    ©  e  g  te  r  unb 
Sftubolpl)  ber  §arra«  geigen  fid)  311  $ferb  auf  ber  #ol)e  be« 
Begs.) 

Stitfft  (§u  ftrieWarbt). 

2Bie  famt  3^r  bur$  ba$  2Baffer, 
2)a  bo$  ber  Strom  bie  SBriicfen  fortgefiifyrt? 

grieparbt 

2700  2Bir  fyahtn  mit  bem  ©ee  gefocfyten,  greunb, 
Unb  fiircfyten  un£  fcor  feinem  Slfyenroaffer. 

©tttfft. 

3#r  mart  &u  ©d&iff  in  bem  geroalt'gen  ©turm  ? 


<*.  2Iuf3iig.    3.  Scene.  143 

3)a3  toaren  Voir.     Sftein  Sebtag  ben!'  i$  bran  — 

©tufft. 

D,  bleibt,  erjd^It ! 

JJriefftarbt 

Safet  mi$,  icfy  mu^  toorauS, 
2705  2)en  2anbfcogt  mufe  i$  in  ber  93urg  fcerftinben. 

Stitffu 
SBar'n  gute  Seute  auf  bem  ©cfytjf  getoefen, 
3>n  ©runb  gefunfen  toar'S  mit  2ftann  unb  9J?au3; 
Jem  3SoIf  fann  toeber  2Baffer  bet  no$  geuer. 

(<5r  fletjt  fi<&  urn.) 
2Bo  lam  ber  SBetbmann  fyin,  mit  bem  t$  fyracty? 

(<Htet)t  ab.) 
©  e  fj  I  e  r  unb  9*  u  b  0 1  p  I)  ber  §  a  r  r  a  «  gu  <Pferb. 
(Sefeler. 
2710  ©agt,  toaS  3fyr  toollt,  id)  bin  be3  $atfer3  SDiener 
Unb  muft  brauf  benfen,  toie  \tf)  i^m  gefalle. 
6r  fyat  micfy  nid^t  in£  Sanb  gefcfytcft,  bem  3Sol! 
3u  fcfymeicfyeln  unb  il)m  fanft  ju  tfyun  —  ©efyorfam 
Srtoartet  er;  ber  ©treit  tft,  ob  ber  Sauer 
2715  ©off  §err  fein  in  bem  2anbe  ober  ber  $aifer. 

9lrmgarb. 

Sefct  ift  ber  2lugenblicf !     ge$t  bring'  id^'S  an ! 

(Wfifcert  ft*  furtftfam.) 
©efelcr. 
3$  $aV  ben  §ut  nid&t  aufgeftetft  $u  SItorf 
2)eS  ©$er$e§  toegen,  ober  urn  bie  §erjen 
2)e3  23olfS  ju  pritfen;  biefe  fenn'  i$  langft. 
2720  34>  fyab'  ifyn  aufgeftecft,  bafc  fie  ben  9iacfen 


144  IPtHelmtEell. 

9JHr  Iernen  beugen,  ben  fie  aufrecfyt  tragen  — 
3)a§  Unbequeme  fyab'  i$  fytngepflan&t 
2luf  ifyren  2Beg,  too  fie  fcorbeigefyn  miiffen, 
£)a{$  fie  brauf  ftoften  mit  bem  Slug'  unb  fi$ 
2725  (Srinnem  ifyreS  §errn,  ben  fie  fcergeffen. 

£>a§  SSolf  fyat  aber  bocfy  getoifie  9te$te  — 

®eftler. 
2)ie  ab^utoagen,  ift  je^t  feine  3e^' 
—  2Beitf$icfyt'ge  3Mnge  finb  im  2Serf  unb  SBerben ; 
2)a§  £aiferfyau§  toiff  Vt>a(f)fcn ;  toa§  ber  93ater 
2730  ©lorreicfy  begonnen,  tr>iH  ber  ©ofyn  fcollenben. 
3)ie§  Heine  SSol!  ift  un3  ein  ©tein  im  SBeg  — 
©0  ober  fo  —  63  muft  fi$  untertoerfen. 

(<£ie  rootten  tooriiber.    Sie  ££rau  roirft  fi#  t>or  bem  Canbfcoot  nieber.) 
2lrmgarb, 
Sarm^erjigfeit,  §err  Sanbfcogt!   ©nabe!   ©nabe! 

(Skfeler. 

2Ba§  bringt  2$r  @u$  auf  offner  6tra§e  mir 
2735  3n  2Beg?  — .Surucf! 

5lrmgarb. 

3Kein  OJtann  liegt  im  ©efangniS; 
2)ie  armen  SBaifen  fcfyrei'n  nacfy  SBrob  —  §abt  SKit(eibr 
©eftrenger  §err,  mit  unferm  groften  (Slenb! 

^inbolpl). 
2Ber  feib  3$r?    2Ber  ift  (Suer  STOann? 

5Jrmgarb. 

(Sin  armer 
SBUbfyeuer,  guter  £err,  fcom  Sftigiberge, 


4.  2tuf3ug.    3.  Scene.  145 

2740  5>er  itberm  2Ibgrunb  toecj  ba§  freie  ©ra3 
2Ibmafyet  toon  ben  fcfyroffen  gelfentoanben, 
SBofyin  ba3  S3iefy  ficfy  md^t  getraut  $u  fteigen  — 

IHubofyf)   (sum  fianbooflt). 

SBei  ©ott,  ein  elenb  unb  erbarmlicfy  2zhenl 
%<fy  Ktf  Sucfy,  gebt  tfyn  Io3,  ben  armen  5Wann! 
2745  2Ba§  er  aucfy  ©cfytoereS  mag  berfcfyuibet  fyaben, 
©trafe  genug  ift  fetn  entfefclid;  §anbhxrf. 

(3u  bcr  ftrau.) 

6u$  foil  3le$t  toerben  —  2)rinnen  auf  ber  Surg 
9tennt  gure  33itte  —  §ier  ift  ntd;t  ber  Drt. 

^rrngarb. 

SKein,  netn,  icfy  Vr>etd^e  nicfyt  fcon  biefem  $la£, 
2750  33t3  mir  ber  3Sogt  ben  STOann  juriicfgegeben ! 
©$on  in  ben  fecfySten  9Konb  Iiegt  er  im  £urm 
Unb  garret  auf  ben  Jticfyterfyrucf)  fcergebenS. 

©efeler. 

2Beib,  toollt  2#r  mtr  ©etoalt  antfyun  ?   $>intoeg ! 

#rmgarb. 
©erecpgfeit,  Sanbfcogt!    3)u  bift  ber  5Ric^>ter 
*755  3m  S^nbe  an  be§  $aifer3  ©tatt  unb  ©otteS. 
%W  beine  $fU$t!     ©0  bu  ©eredjtigfeit 
SSom  §immel  fyoffeft,  fo  er^ei^'  fie  un§! 

©efetcr. 

gort!   ©cfyafft  ba3  freeze  SSoIJ  mtr  au§  ben  Slugen! 

5lrmgarb  (greift  in  bie  3Uget  be§  $ferbe§). 

SKein,  nein,  icfy  fyabe  ntd)t§  mefyr  gu  fcerlteren. 

2760  —  S)u  tommft  ntcfyt  fcon  ber  ©telle,  23ogt,  bt£  bu 

5Jttr  Stecfyt  gefyrocfyen  —  galte  beine  ©time, 


146  HH  Helm  Cell. 

SRotte  bie  Slugen,  hue  bu  toifip  —  2Btr  fmb 
©o  gren^enlo^  ungliicflicfy,  bafc  fair  ni$t£ 
3^ad^  beinem  3orn  me^  fragen  — 

©egler. 

SBetb,  mad?'  spiafc, 
2765  Dber  mem  9tofc  gefyt  iiber  bi$  fyinroeg. 

Slrmgarb. 

£aft  e§  iiber  micfy  bafyin  gefyn  —  ©a  — 
(<&ie  retfjt  iljre  JHnber  ju  33oben  unb  nrirft  fidj  mit  ifynen  tt)tn  tn  ben  SQ3eg.) 

§ier  Iieg'  ic§ 
SKit  meinen  $inbern  —  £afc  bie  armen  SBatfen 
SSon  beinem  $ferbe§  £mf  ^ertreten  toerben! 
63  tft  ba§  atrgfte  vtify,  roaS  bu  getfyan  — 

2770  SBeib,  feib  Sfyr  rafenb? 

5lrmgarb  (Wiger  fortfafcrenb). 

STrateft  bu  bo$  langft 
2)a3  £anb  be£  $aifer§  unter  beine  giifee! 
—  D,  i$  bin  nur  ein  SSeib !    3Bar'  idfj  ein  9Kann, 
3$  roiifcte  toofyl  roa3  SeffereS,  ate  ^ter 
3m  ©taub  ^u  liegen  — 
(2ttan  l?5rt  bie  toorige  SJluftf  tmeber  auf  ber  £5f)e  be3  SBegS,  aber  gebfimpftj 

©efeler. 

SBo  finb  meine  $ne$te? 
2775  3J?an  rci|e  fte  *>on  tytnnen,  ober  i$ 
3Sergeffe  mtc§  unb  ifyue,  roa3  mic§  reuet. 

S)ie  $ne$te  fonnen  nid^t  fyinburcfy,  0  §err! 
2)er  §ofylroeg  ift  gefyerrt  bur$  eine  £od^eit. 


©efjterS  Sob 


Face  p.  147 


<k.  21  u f 3 u g.    5.  Scene.  147 

©e&ler. 

Sin  allju  milber  §errf$er  bin  tc§  nocfy 
2780  ©egen  bieg  3SoI! —  bie  Sungen  ftn^  no$  fret, 
@g  ift  nocfy  ni$t  gang,  toie  eg  foil,  gebanbigt — 
SDod^  eg  foil  anberg  toerben,  icfy  gelob'  eg: 
2d£>  VDtll  ifyn  bredfyen,  biefen  ftarren  ©inn, 
£)en  feden  ©eift  ber  ftreifyeit  toil!  icfy  beugen. 
2785  Sin  neu  ©efefc  toiH  i$  in  biefen  Sanben 

SSerliinbigen  —  i$  toiH  — 
((Sin  SPfeit  burd)bol)rt  iljn;  er  fftfjrt  mit  ber  £anb  an§  Jperj  unb  ttrill  jinfen. 
SDKit  matter  Stimme:) 

©ott  fei  mir  gnabig! 
£err  Sanbfcogt  —  ©ott !  2Bag  ift  bag?  SSofyer  lam  bag? 

21  rm  garb  (auffaljrenb). 

?Korb!  9Korb!   @r  taumelt,  ftnftl   gr  ift  getroffen! 
SWitten  ing  §erj  fyat  ifyn  ber  $feil  getroffen! 

JKllbotyf)   (fpringt  t>om  $ferbe). 

2790  2Bel$  grapcfyeg  ©reignig  —  ©ott  —  £err  Slitter  — 
Sluft  bie  grbarmung  ©otteg  an  i  —  3$r  f eib 
gin  9Kann  beg  £obeg! 

®egler. 
®a$  ift  SeH'g  ©efd^ofe  I 

(3ft  toom  $ferbe  ^erab  bcm  SRubotpf)  #arra3  in  ben  9Irm  gegleitet  unb  ttrirb 
auf  ber  SBanf  nieber^elaffen.) 

Sell 

(erfd)eint  oben  auf  ber  £of)e  be§  f$felfen). 

£)u  fennft  ben  ©$ii$en,  fucfye  feinen  anbern! 
grei  ftnb  bie  §iitten,  ftcfyer  ift  bie  Unfcfyulb 
2795  2J°r  ^r/  &u  h>xx$  *>em  S«nbe  nicfyt  mefyr  fd&aben. 
(Eerfcfctoinbet  toon  ber  £51je.    S3olf  pflrat  herein.) 


148  Wxlktlm  Cell. 

©tiifft  (tooran). 

2Bag  giebt  eg  ^ter  ?    2Bag  fyat  fi$  ^ugetragen? 

Slrmgarb, 
2)er  Sanbfcogt  ift  feon  einem  $feil  burcfyfcfyoffen. 

©olf  (im  £eretn[titrjen). 

2Ber  ift  erfd^ofjen? 

(Snbem  bic  SSorberften  toon  bent  SBrautaug  auf  bie  Scene  fomnten,  ftnb  bie 
£interften  nocfc  auf  ber  £5f)e,  unb  bie  3Jiufit  aefyt  fort.) 

Oiuboipl)  ber  £arra& 
@r  berblutet  fi$. 
Sort,  fd^affet  £ilfe !     ©efct  bem  Worber  nad& ! 
2800  —  SSerlorner  2Kann,  fo  tnuft  eg  mtt  bir  enben ; 
3)o$  meine  SBarmmg  toollteft  bu  nicfyt  fyoren! 

©tiifft. 
33ei  ©ott!   2)a  Iiegt  er  bleicfy  unb  ofyne  Seben! 

JBiele  Sttmmett. 
2Ber  tyat  bie  Sfyat  getljan? 

Wubotyl)  ber  §arra$, 

SRaft  biefeg  SSoIf, 
SDafe  eg  bem  SWorb  SDhifif  mac^t?   Safet  fie  fd&toeigen! 

(9fluftf  bridjt  pl5felid)  ab,  e§  fommt  nod)  ntefyr  SOolf  nad).) 

2805  §err  Sanbfcogt,  rebel,  ioenn  3$r  fount  —  igabt  3$* 

SRu  nicfytg  mefyr  gu  bertrauen? 

(®e|3ler  gtebt  ^etdjen  mit  ber  £anb,  bie  er  mtt  ^eftigfeit  nnebert)oU,  ba  jte 
nid)t  aletd)  toerftanben  roerbcn.) 

2Bo  foO  idfr  ^in? 
—  5Rad&  £ufena$t?  —  3$  fcerftefy'  ®uty  nid&t  —  D  toerbet 
3l\ti)t  ungebulbig  —  Safet  bag  3tbif^e/ 


<*.2Iuf3ug.    5.  Scene.  149 

SDenft  je£t  ©ud;  mit  bem  §immel  ju  fcerfofynen! 

($)ie  gange  ^ocfoettgefellldjaft  umflefyt  ben  Sterbenben  nut  etnem  fiifytfofen 
QJraufcn.) 

gtiiffu 

2810  ©iefy,  toie  er  bleicfy  toirb  —  getjt,  ie$*  *****  *>er  ^°k 
2#m  an  ba§  §er$  —  bie  3lugen  finb  gebrocfyen. 

5trmgarb  (^ebt  ein  flinb  empor). 

©efyt,  fiinber,  tote  ein  SButeridfj  t>erfd^eibet ! 

9?ubotyl)  ber  £>arra3. 
SBafynfmn'ge  SBeiber,  fyabt  iljr  fein  ©efufyl, 
Safe  ifyr  ben  33licf  an  biefem  ©$recfni3  toeibet? 
2815  §elft  —  Seget  §anb  an  —  ©tetyt  mir  mernanb  bet, 
£)en  ©cfymergenSpfeil  ifym  au§  ber  33ruft  |tt  jiefyn? 

SBeiber  (treten  juriirf). 

2Btr  tyn  beriifyren,  toeld^en  ©ott  gefcfylagen ! 

iHubolpf)  ber  £arra£. 
glu$  treff*  eu$  unb  93erbammni3 ! 
(^tcfjt  \>a$  ©#tt>ert.) 
©tttfft  (fdllt  i&m  in  ben  Stan). 

2Bagt  e§,  £>err! 
@u'r  SBalten  fyat  ein  Snbe.    2)er  £tyrann 
2820  2)e§  £anbe§  i[t  gefaHen.     2Bir  erbulben 

$eine  ©etoalt  mefyr.    2Bir  ftnb  freie  9Jtenfc§en. 

WHt  (tumultuanfd&).      . 

£>a3  Sanb  ift  frei! 

ORubofyl)  ber  #arra£. 

3ft  e§  bafyin  gefommen? 
(Snbet  bie  gatrd&t  fo  fd^neE  unb  ber  ©efyorfam? 
CSu  ben  SBaffenfnecfcten,  bie  fyereinbrtngen.) 


150  ID Uft elm  Cell. 

2#r  fefyt  bie  graufenbolle  Xfyat  be§  9Jlorb§, 
2825  SDie  fyier  gefd^e^en  —  §ilfe  ift  umfonft  — 

55ergebltd^  ift%  bem  9Korber  na<f>3ufe$en. 

Un3  brangen  anbre  ©orgen  —  SCuf,  nad)  Sliiftnacfyt, 

$Dafc  Vt>ir  bem  Saifer  feine  gefte  retten! 

SDenn  aufgeloft  in  btefem  Slugenblicf 
2830  ©tub  alter  Drbmmg,  aller  ^fticfyten  33anbe, 

Unb  feine§  2Ranne3  3:reu'  ift  $u  bertrauen. 

3nbem  er  mtt  ben  SBaffenfnedjten  abgefyt,  erfdjeinen  fed)  8  barm* 
^ergige  93  r  ii  b  e  r. 

5lrmgarb. 

$Ia|!   $Ia£!   ba  fommen  bie  barmfyerj'gen  Sriiber. 

2)a3  Dpfer  Iiegt  —  2)ie  9taben  ftetgen  nieber. 

Sarm^er^ige  SBriiber 

(fdjliefjen  etnen  £albfrei§  urn  ben  £oten  unb  fingen  in  tiefem  Son)- 
9laf$  iritt  ber  Sob  ben  3Kenfd)en  an, 
2835  @$  ift  itjm  feine  grift  gegeben; 

S3  ftiirjt  ifyn  mitten  in  ber  33afm, 

63  reiftt  iljm  fort  bom  Gotten  2zhzn. 
23ereitet  ober  nid&t,  ju  gefyen, 

6r  mufe  toor  feinen  SRicfyter  ftefyen! 
(3nbem  bie  tefeten  ^etten  nrieberfyolt  tr»erben,  fatlt  ber  SSorfyang.) 


Jiinffer  Jfruftug* 


(Erfte  Scene, 
fiffentitdjer  $la$  bci  Hltorf. 

3m  §intergrunbe  reacts  bie  gefle  S^ins  Uri  mit  *>cm  noc*)  Peljenben 
Saugeriifte,  trie  in  bcr  britten  ©cene  be8  erfien  2Iufaug« ;  Unf8 
etne  2Iu«ftd)t  in  triele  SBerge  fytnein,  auf  toeldjen  alien  ©tgnalfeuer 
brennen.  (£8  ift  cben  £age«anbrud),  ©tocfen  ertbnen  au8  Dcr* 
fd)iebenen  gernen. 

SRuobi,  $uoni,  2Berni,  9fteifter  @teinme£  unb  triele  anbere 
Sanbleute,  aua)  SScibcr  unb  $inber. 

JHuoM. 

2840  ©efyt  ifyr  bie  ^eu'rftgnale  auf  ben  Sergen? 

Stemmed 

§brt  ifyr  bie  ©locfen  briiben  iiberm  2Balb? 

Wuot>i. 

2)te  geinbe  ftnb  fcerjagt. 

<5teimne$. 

2)ie  SBurgen  ftnb  erobert. 
9{uobi. 

Unb  fair  im  Sanbe  Uri  bulben  no$ 
2luf  unfcrm  33oben  ba3  SCtyrannenf d^Iofe  ? 
2845  ©inb  toir  bie  £e£ten,  bie  ft$  fret  erflaren? 

(151) 


152  ID  ill? elm  Celt 

(Stemmed 

2)a§  3o$  foil  ftefyen,  ba3  un3  ghnngen  tuoECte? 
2luf,  reiftt  e3  nieber! 

2We. 
Nieber!   nieber!   nieber! 

SBo  ift  ber  ©tier  Don  Uri? 

Stter  toon  Uri, 

§ier.    2BaS  fott  id&? 

©teigt  auf  bie  §ocfytoacfyt,  blaft  in  guer  §orn, 
2850  $)afc  e§  toeitfefymetternb  in  bie  Serge  fd^affe 
Unb,  jebeS  @d?o  in  ben  gelfenfliiften 
2Iuftoecfenb,  fcfynell  bie  Scanner  be§  ©ebirg£ 
3ufammenrufe ! 

©tier  toon  Uri  gel)t  ab.    S£altf)ergurft  fommt. 

SBaltljer  ftitrft. 

§altet,  greunbe!    pallet! 
9?o$  fefylt  un§  Sunbe,  roa3  in  Untertoalben 
2855  Unb  ©d^tt>%  gefd^efyen.    Safet  unS  33oten  erft 
(Srroarten ! 

JHttobi. 
2Ba§  ertoarten?    2)er  ^rann 
3ft  tot,  ber  £ag  ber  $reir/eit  ift  erfefyienen. 

©tetttmet?. 

3Sft'3  nicfyt  genug  an  biefen  flammenben  33oten, 
£)te  rings  fyerum  auf  alien  Sergen  leucfyten? 

2860  $ommt  aHe,  fommt,  legt  §anb  an,  9Jianner  unb  SEBeiber! 


5.  2luf3iig.    \.  Scene.  153 

93rec$t  ba3  ©eriifte !    ©prengt  bie  Sogen !    SReifet 
2)ie  -Utauern  ein!     Sein  (Stein  bleib*  auf  bem  anbem! 

8teinme*?. 

©efetten,  fommt!     2Bir  fyaben'3  aufgebaut, 
2Bir  toiffen'3  $u  jerftoren. 

mt. 

$ommt,  reifct  meber! 
(Sie  fl&rien  fid)  toon  alien  @etten  auf  ben  33au.) 
233altt)cr  Jiirft. 
2865  63  ift  im  Sauf.    3$  *ann  fa  ™$t  ^e^  fyalten. 
2ft  e  t  d)  t  Ij  a  t  unb  S3aumgarten  fommen. 
WUU&L 
2Ba§?    ©tefyt  bie  Surg  no$,  unb  ©$lofi  ©amen  Kegt 
gn  2lf$e,  unb  ber  Stoftberg  ift  gebrocfyen? 

293altf>er  grftrft 

©eib  3^>r  e$,  2KeId^at?    Sringt  gtyr  unS  bie  ftreityett? 
©agt!     ©inb  bie  Sanbe  alle  rein  fcom  geinb? 

3WeW)tI)al  (umarmt  i^n). 

2870  SRein  ift  ber  33oben.    greut  (Sucfy,  alter  3Sater ! 
gn  biefem  2lugenbltcfe,  ba  fair  reben, 
3ft  fein  SCtyrann  tne^r  in  ber  ©d^toeijer  Sanb. 

SBaltyer  gfirft. 

D,  tyredfyt,  h)ie  iourbet  £#*  ber  Surgen  macfyttg? 

Wcldjtqal. 
£)er  9luben$  toar  eS,  ber  ba3  ©arner  ©$Io& 
2875  Wit  mannlid)  fiifyner  SBagetfyat  getoann. 

2)en  Stoftberg  ^att'  tcfy  nad)t§  gut)or  erftiegen. 

—  2)o$  fyoret,  toa3  gefefyafy.    2ll£  fair  bag  ©deleft, 

SSom  gfeinb  geleert,  nun  freubig  ange$iinbet, 


154  VOilktlm  Cell. 

SDie  $Iamme  praffelnb  fcfyon  jum  §tmmel  f$lug, 
2880  25a  ftitrjt  ber  SDietfyelm,  ©efelerS  23ub,  fyerbor 
Unb  tuft,  baft  bie  23runecferin  fcerbrenne. 

SSaltyer  gfitft 
©creeper  ©ott ! 

(5Ran  $ort  bie  Salfcn  be§  ©erttfte§  fttirsen.) 

©ie  tear  e3  felbfi,  Wax  fyeimlicty 
§ier  eingefcfyloffen  auf  be§  33ogt3  ©e^eife. 
Slafenb  erfyub  ficfy  SRuben^  —  benn  hrir  fyorten 
2885  3Me  Salfen  fcfyon,  bie  feften  $foften  ftiirgen, 
Unb  au3  bem  9tau$  fyerfcor  ben  ^ammerruf 
2)er  Unglitcffeligen. 

SBaltljer  fturft.  1 

©ie  tft  gerettet? 
BtfUUttl, 

SDa  gait  (Scfd&hrinbfein  unb  (gnt^Ioffen^eit ! 

—  SSar'  er  n  u  r  unf  er  (Sbelmann  getoefen, 
2890  2Bir  fatten  unfer  Seben  toofyl  geliebt ; 

3)o$  er  toar  unfer  ©ibgenofj,  unb  SBertfya 
gfyrte  ba§  3SoIf  —  ©0  feften  tow  getroft 
£)a3  Seben  bran  unb  ftiirgten  in  ba£  geuer. 

SBaltljer  $urft. 

©ie  ift  gerettet? 

©ie  iff  3.    SRuben^  unb  \&), 
2895  9Bir  trugen  fie  felbanber  au£  ben  glatnmen, 
Unb  Winter  un$  fiel  frad;enb  ba§  ©ebalf. 

—  Unb  jetjt,  aU  fie  gerettet  ficfy  erfannte, 
£)ie  2lugen  auffcfylug  &u  Urn  §tmmel3li$t, 


5.  2Iuf3ug.    {.Scene.  155 

$je$t  ftiirjte  mir  ber  greifyerr  an  ba§  §er$, 
2900  Unb  fcfytoeigenb  toarb  ein  93iinbni3  je$t  befefytooren, 
Da3,  feft  gefyartet  in  be3  geuer£  ©hit, 
Sefiefyen  ftrirb  in  alien  ©cfyicffalsproben  — 

2Balt!)cr  ftttrft. 
2Bo  ift  ber  Sanbenberg? 

fiber  ben  Sriintg. 

•Kicfyt  lag's  an  tnir,  ba&  er  ba3  Sid^t  ber  3lugen 
2905  3)at>ontrug,  ber  ben  3Sater  mir  geblenbet. 

9ta$  jagf  i$  i^m,  erreicfyt'  ifyn  auf  ber  glucfyt 

Unb  rife  tl)n  ju  ben  ftiifeen  metneS  3Sater8. 

©efefytoungen  iiber  ifyn  toar  fcfyon  ba3  ©cfytoert; 

3Son  ber  33arml)er$igfeit  be§  blinben  ©retfeS 
2910  ©rfyielt  er  flefyenb  ba£  ©efefyen!  beg  SebenS. 

Urfefybe    fc^tour  er,  nie  guriicf  ju  fefyren; 

6r  toirb  fie  fyalten;  unfern  2lrm  fyat  er 

©efitylt. 

SBaltyer  gurft. 

2Bofyf@u$,  baft  3#r  ben  reinen  ©teg 
3Kit  ©lute  nxd^t  gefefyanbet! 

SHnber 

(cilen  mit  Xrummern  be3  ©eriifteS  fiber  bie  Scene). 
ftretyeit!  greifyeit  I 
($)a§  £orn  toon  Uri  toirb  mit  3Jiac^t  gebtafen.) 

SBalt^cr  prft. 

2915  ©efyt,  toeld^  ein  geft !    2)e§  Staged  toerben  ftcfy 

2)ie  $inber  fpat  a(3  ©reife  nocfy  ertnnern. 

(TObcfcen  brtngen  Sen  £ut  auf  einer  Stange  getragen ;  bte  ganje  Scene 
faat  fid)  mit  5Bol!  an.) 


156  rDilfjelm  Cell. 

9htobi. 

§ier  ift  ber  §ut,  bem  toir  un£  beugen  mufeten. 

23aumgartcit. 
©ebt  un3  93ef$eib,  toaS  bamit  toerben  foil. 

©altycr  prft. 
©ott!    Unter  biefem  §ute  ftanb  mein  Snfel! 

3Weljrere  ©timmcn. 

2920  3^rfti>rt  bag  Senfmal  ber  Xtyrannenmacfyt ! 
2>n3  geuer  mit  ifym ! 

SBaltljer  prjt. 

Sftein,  lafet  i&n  aufbetoafyren ! 
2)er  2tyrannei  mufjt'  er  $um  SBerf^eug  bienen, 
@r  foil  ber  greifyeit  etoig  ^eid&en  f^n  * 

($)ie  fianbteute,  Conner,  SBeiber  unb  tfinber  ftetjen  unb  fifcen  auf  ben 
SBalfen  be§  jerbroc&enen  ©erufte§  malerifcfc  aruppiert  in  einem  grojjen 
#albfrei§  umfjer.) 

©0  ftefyen  fair  nun  frofylicfy  auf  betj  Srummern 
2925  2)er  2tyrannet,  unb  fyerrlicfy  ift'3  erfuHt, 
2Ba3  loir  im  SRutli  fc^touren,  gibgenoffen. 

28altljer  prft. 

2)a3  SBerf  ift  angefangen,  nicfyt  tooHenbet. 
Seftt  ift  un3  5Kut  unb  f efte  @intra$t  not ; 
2)enn,  feib  getoife,  nic^t  faumen  toirb  ber  Konig, 
2930  2)en  2:ob  ju  r&cfyen  feineS  $ogt3  unb  ben 
33ertriebnen  mit  ©etoalt  auriicfyufufyren. 

6r  jie^  fyeran  mit  feiner  §eere3ma$t! 


5.  21  uf3ug.    i  Scent.  157 

3ft  aug  bem  3nner"  bofy  ber  $etnb  tjerjagt; 
S)em  gfeinb  bon  aufeen  tootlen  fair  begegnen. 

JWuobu 

2935  3iur  toen'ge  $affe  offnen  ifym  bag  2anb, 
!Dte  tootten  fair  mit  unfern  Seibern  becfen. 

23aumgarten. 
2Bir  finb  feereinigt  bur$  ein  etoig  33anb, 
Unb  feine  §eere  foUen  une  nicfyt  fc^recf en ! 

$  0  f  f  e  I  m  a  n  n  unb  ©  t  a  u  f  f  a  d)  e  r  fommett. 

'Jioffelmamt  (im  ©intreten). 

QaZ  fmb  be^  §immelg  furcfyibare  (Seriate. 

SanMeute. 

2940  2Bag  giebt'g? 

JRojfelmamt. 

2>n  h?cld^en  3eiten  Ieben  hrir! 
2Baltl)er  gitrft, 
6agt  an,  toag  ift  eg?  —  £a,  feib  $#*'§,  §err  2Berner? 
5Bag  bringt  3^r  una? 

fianbleute. 

2Bag  giebt'g? 

IHoffelmamt. 

§ort  unb  erftaunet! 
©tauffadjer. 

SSon  einer  grofeen  g-urc^t  finb  h>ir  befreit  — 

Woffclmamt. 

Der  Saifer  ift  ermorbet. 

SBaltyer  fjiirft. 

©nab'ger  ©ott! 
(Canbleute  madjen  cinen  Wufftanb  unb  umbrangen  ben  ©tauffad&er.) 


158  BUT  fret  in  Cell. 

Wit. 

2945  ermorbet !    2Ba3!     £>er  Saifer!    §ort!    2)er  Kaifer! 
9Reldjtfjal. 
9ti$t  moglicfy!    2Bol)er  fam  @u$  biefe  Sunbe? 

Stauffad)cr. 
@g  ift  getoifc.    Set  Srucf  ftel  £onig  2llbrec§t 
Surety  9JWrberg  £anb  —  ein  glaubengfterter  -iJiann, 
Sofyanneg  Soulier,  bracfyt'  eg  toon  ©cfyaPaufen. 

SBaltyer  gitrfL 

2950  2Ber  toagte  folcfye  grauenfcolle  £fyat  ? 
<5iauffadjer. 
6te  toirb  nocfy  grauenfcoHer  burcfy  ben  Sfyater. 
®g  toar  fein  5Reffe,  feineg  Sruberg  £inb, 
§er$og  gofyann  &on  ©cfytoaben,  ber'g  boHbractyte. 

aWeldjtijal. 
2Bag  trieb  ifyn  ju  ber  Sfyat  beg  93atermorbg? 
etauffadjer. 

2955  ®er  ilciifcr  fyielt  bag  baterlicfye  Srbe 
2)em  ungebulbig  SKafynenben  $urudE; 
@g  fyiefc,  er  benf  il)n  ganj  barum  ju  fiirjen, 
5Jiit  einem  33ifcfyofgfyut  ifyn  ab^ufinben. 
2Bie  bem  aucfy  fei  —  ber  IgungUng  offnctc 

2960  £)er  SBaffenfreunbe  bofem  dtat  fein  Ofyr, 

Unb  mit  ben  ebeln  §errn  toon  6  f  6)  e  n  b  a  $  , 
SSon  Segerfelben,  Don  ber  2Bart  unb  5|JaIm 
33efctyIofe  er,  ba  er  Secfyt  nicfyt  fonnte  ftnben, 
<S\<fy  9tacfy'  $u  fyolen  mit  ber  eignen  §anb. 

293altl)er  gitrft. 
2965  D,  fyred&t,  tt>ie  toarb  bag  ©rapcfye  toollenbet  ? 


5.  21ufjus.    ^.  Scene.  159 

@tauffa$er* 

£)er  £onig  ritt  fyerab  bom  ©tein  $u  23aben, 
©en  Sftfyetnfelb,  too  bte  §offiatt  tear,  &u  &iefyn, 
^CRit  tfym  bte  fturften  §  a  it  3  unb  2  e  o  p  o  I  b 
Unb  etn  ©efolge  fyocfygeborner  §erren. 

2970  Unb  al3  fie  famen  an  bte  9i  e  u  fe ,  too  man 
2luf  einer  gdfyre  ftd^  Itifct  tiberfe^en, 
2)a  brdngten  fidfj  bte  SDWrber  in  ba£  ©cfyiff, 
®afe  fie  ben  $aifer  bom  ©efolge  trennten. 
$)rauf,  al£  ber  gtirft  burcfy  ein  geacfert  gelb 

2975  §mreitet,  —  eine  alte  grofee  ©tabt 

©ott  brunter  Itegen  au3  ber  £eiben  3eit  — 
S)ie  alte  gefte  £ab3burg  im  ©eficfyt, 
2Bo  feineS  ©iammeS  §ofyeit  au3gegangen  — 
©tofct  §erjog  §an§  ben  2)oIcfy  ifym  in  bie  $efy(e, 

2980  Slubotyfy  toon  $alm  burcfyrennt  iljn  mtt  bem  ©peer, 
Unb  @f$enbacfy  ^crfpaltet  ifym  ba$  §aupt, 
3}afc  er  fyerunterftnft  in  fetnem  23lut, 
©emorbet  bon  ben  ©etnen,  auf  bem  ©einem 
2tm  anbern  Ufer  fallen  fie  bie  £fyat; 

2985  Tocfy  burcfy  ben  ©trom  gefcfyieben,  fonnten  fie 
■Kur  ein  ofynmddjiig  3Be^gefd^rei  er^eben ; 
2lm  2Bege  aber  fa&  ein  armeS  2Beib, 
2>n  ifyrem  ©cfyofj  berbluteie  ber  Saifer. 

Kef**}*!. 

©0  fyat  er  nur  fein  fritfyeS  ©rab  gegraben, 
2990  T)er  unerfdttlicfy  atteg  toollte  fyaben ! 

©tauffadjer. 

©in  ungefyeurer  ©cfyrecfen  ift  im  Sanb  umfyer; 
©efperri  finb  ade  $dffe  beg  ©ebirg*, 
gebhnber  ©tanb  bertoafyret  feine  ©renjen; 


160  ID  U*i  elm  Cell. 

©ie  alte  3™$  felBft  fcfylofe  t^re  2:fyore, 
2995  ®ie  breiftig  3afyr'  Jang  offen  ftanben,  £u, . 

2)ie  9J?brber  fiivcfytenb  unb  nocfy  mefyr  —  bie  SRdd^er. 
SDenn,  mit  be3  SanneS  glucfy  beroaffnet,  fommt 
SDer  Ungarn  $dnigin,  bie  ftrcnge  Signed, 
3Me  nid^t  bie  sDlilbe  fennet  ifyreS  jarten 
3000  ©efcfylecfytS,  be^  Setters  fdniglicfyeS  Slut 
3u  racfyen  an  bet  -fitorber  gan^em  ©tamm, 
2ln  ifyren  ^nec^ten,  Sinbern,  SinbeSfinbern, 
3a,  an  ben  ©teinen  ifyrer  ©cfyloffer  felbft. 
©efefyrooren  fyat  fie,  ganje  3eu9un9en 
3005  §inab$ufenben  in  be3  SaterS  ©rab, 

3>n  Slut  ficfy  toie  in  9ttaientau  ju  baben. 

2Betfc  man,  too  ficfy  bie  Corbet  fyingefliid&tet  ? 
Stauffadjer. 

©ie  flofyen  alsbalb  wad)  fcoEbradfyter  Sfyat 

Sluf  fiinf  fcerfefyiebnen  Strain  au^einanber 
3010  Unb  trennten  fi$,  urn  nie  ftcfy  mefyr  ju  fefyn  — 

$tt}Q0  ^ofyann  foil  irren  im  ©ebirge. 
SBatfljcr  ftitrft. 

©0  tragt  bie  Untfyat  tfynen  leine  $ru$t! 

Sla^e  tragt  feine  grud^t!    ©id&  felbft  ift  fte 

2)ie  fiircfyterlicfye  -Nafyrung,  ifyr  ©enufe 
3015  3$  SKorb,  unb  tfyre  ©attigung  ba§  ©raufen. 
Stauffadjer. 

2)en  5K5rbern  bringt  bie  Untfyat  ntcfyt  ©etoinn; 

2Bir  aber  brecfyen  mit  ber  reinen  §anb 

5De§  blut'gen  ^rebels  fegenfcofle  ftrucfyt. 

S)enn  einer  grojjen  gurcfyt  finb  toir  entlebigt; 


5.  21  uf  3ug.    {.Scene.  161 

3020  ©efallen  ift  ber  gfreifyeit  grower  geinb, 
Unb  tine  fcerlautet,  hnrb  ba3  ©center  geljn 
2lu§  §ab3burg§  §au3  ju  einem  anbern  ©tamm, 
2)a3  9tet$  toill  fetne  3Ba^Ifrex^eit  befyaupten. 

SBaltyer  gitrft  unb  2ttcljrere. 
SSerna^mt  3fyr  toaS? 

Stauffad)cr. 

®er  ©raf  Don  Sujemburg 
3025  3ft  bon  ben  mefyrften  ©thnrnen  fcfyon  bqeicfynet. 

SBalt^cr  gitrft. 

SBofyl  un3,  bafe  fair  beim  9tetd)e  treu  gefyalten; 
Se^t  ift  &u  fyoffen  auf  ©erecfytigfeit ! 

8tauffad)cr. 

3)em  neuen  §errn  ifyun  ta^fre  $reunbe  not; 
6r  hrirb  un£  fcfyirmen  gegen  £)ftreicfy3  9ta$e. 

(£ie  Canbleute  umarmen  einanber.) 
©igrtft  mit  cinem  SReidjSboten. 
©tgrtft. 
3030  §ier  finb  be§  SanbeS  hriirb'ge  Dberfyaupter. 

JRoffelmatm  unb  SRetyrere, 

©tgrift,   toaS  giebt'S? 

©igrift. 
gin  3teid)3bot'  bringt  bie3  ©cfyreiben. 

5(tte   (8u  2Balt§er  SttrfO. 

@rbre$t  unb  lefet ! 

SBaltlfer  giirft  cueft). 

„2)en  befcfyeibnen  SRannern 
3Son  Uri,  6$to%  unb  Untertoalben  bietet 
S)ie  flonigin  @l3betfy  ©nab'  unb  alleS  ©uteS." 


162  ID  Ult  elm  Cell. 

$iele  Sttmmett. 

3035  2Ba§  hritt  bie  Jtftttgin  ?    g$r  9ieid?  ift  au§. 
9Saltl>er  gitrft  (Heft). 
„5>n  ifyrem  grofeen  ©cfymerj  unb  SBitroenleib, 
SBorein  ber  blut'ge  §infcfyetb  ifyreS  $ernt 
SDie  $onigin  toerfettf,  gebenft  fie  nocfy 
2)er  alien  £reu'  unb  £ieb'  ber  ©cfyro^erlanbe." 

aReldjtijaL 

3040  %n  iljrem  ©lucf  fyat  fie  ba§  nie  getfyan. 
[Rojfelmamt. 
©tiff!    Saffet  fyoren ! 

SBalttycr  fjttrft  (Ueft). 
„Unb  fie  tocrfte^t  fi$  ju  bem  treuen  SSolf, 
3)aj$  e£  gerecfyten  2lbf$eu  roerbe  tragen 
SSor  ben  fcerflucfyten  Jfyatern  biefer  SC^at. 
3045  ®arum  erroartet  fie  Don  ben  brei  Sanben, 
3)aft  fie  ben  SRdrbern  nimmer  33orf$ub  tfyun, 
SSielme^r  getreulicfy  ba&u  ^elfen  roerben, 
©ie  au^uliefern  in  be3  5ia$er3  §anb, 
2)er  £ieb'  gebenfenb  unb  ber  alien  ©unft, 
3050  2)ie  fie  Don  JtubotyfyS  gtirftenfyau§  empfangen." 
CSeidjen  be§  UntoiflenS  untcr  ben  Canbleuten.) 

Stele  8timmen. 

2)er  Sieb'  unb  ©unft! 

©tauffadjer. 
2Btr  fyaben  ©unft  empfangen  toon  bem  SSater; 
®o$  toeffen  rufymen  roir  un§  Don  bem  ©ofyn? 
§at  er  ben  Srief  ber  greifyett  itttf  beftattgt, 
3055  2Bie  b  0  r  ifym  aHe  Saifer  bocfy  getfyan  ? 


5.  21  u  f  3  u  g.    \.  Scene.  163 

£>at  er  gericfytet  na$  gerec^tem  ©}>ruc§ 
Unb  ber  bebrangten  Unfcfyulb  ©d;u$  berliefyn? 
feat  er  aucfy  nur  bie  33oten  toollen  fyoren, 
2)ie  fair  in  unfrer  2lngft  ju  ifym  gefenbet? 

3060  9ii$t  eing  toon  biefem  alien  fyat  ber  £onig 
2tn  un§  getljan,  unb  fatten  fair  ntcfyt  felbft 
Un3  9led^t  berfd^afft  mit  eigner  mut'ger  §anb, 
3#n  riifyrte  unfre  3lot  nidfjt  an  —  3#™  ®an*  ? 
•Nicfyt  DanI  fyat  er  gefat  in  btefen  £l)alern. 

3065  @r  ftanb  auf  einem  fyofyen  tylai},  er  lonnte 
(Sin  SSater  feiner  3S5lfer  fein;  bocfy  tfym 
©efiel  eg,  nur  $u  forgen  fiir  bie  ©einen; 
2)ie  er  gemefyrt  fyat,  mogen  urn  ifyn  toeinen! 

SBaWjer  gurft. 

2Bir  tooHen  nicfyt  frofylocfen  feineS  $atl3, 
3070  5Kirf)t  be3  empfangnen  93of en  \  e  $  t  gebenf  en, 

$ern  fei'S  toon  un£!    2)ocfy  bafc  toir  radjen  follten 
®e3  KbnigS  Xob,  ber  nie  un3  ©uteS  fyat, 
Unb  bie  berfolgen,  bie  un$  nie  betriibten, 
2)a3  jiemt  un§  nicfyt  unb  toill  un3  nicfyt  gebiifyren. 
3075  SDie  Siebe  Vuitt  ein  freteS  Dpfer  fein ; 

Der  Sob  entbinbet  feon  er^tmngnen  $fli$ten, 
—  3$m  fyaben  fair  nidfytS  toeiter  ju  eniricfyten. 

3Heldjtl)al. 

Unb  h)eint  bie  $onigin  in  ifyrer  hammer, 
Unb  flagt  tfyr  toilber  ©d^merg  ben  Jgimmel  an, 
3080  ©0  fefyt  3>l)r  I)ier  ein  angftbefreiieS  93oK 
3u  eben  biefem  §immel  banfenb  flefyen  — 
2Ber  £I)ranen  ernten  toiff,  mufe  Siebe  faen. 
ORei#3bote  gef)t  ab.) 


166  ID  til?  elm  Cell. 

2Bie  autf)  mein  Ied^enb  §erj  na$  Sabung  fcfymacfytet, 
Sfticfytg  rufyr'  icfy  an,  big  £#r  mir  ^ugefagt  — 

#eimrig. 
31 1 5  33eriifyrt  mein  $leib  ntd^t,  tretet  mir  nicfyt  *a$, 
SBleibt  feme  fiefm,  toenn  i$  @u$  fyoren  foU. 

2Kond), 

33ei  biefem  geuer,  bag  fyter  gaftltcfy  lobert, 
83ei  Surer  $mber  teurem  §aupt,  bag  id) 
Umfaffe  — 

(Grgreift  bte  $naben.) 
Jpebttrig. 
3Kann,  mag  finnet  3#r?    &\ixix$ 
3120  3Son  meinen  Sinbern !  —  £$r  feib  !ein  5Ron$ !    ^r  feib 
©g  nid;t!    2)er  $rtebe  roofynt  in  biefem  $Ieibe; 
^n  ©uren  Biigen  toofynt  ber  griebe  nicfyt. 

•ttafc 

%<ty  bin  ber  ungliidfeligfte  ber  9Kenf$en. 

$ebto>t0. 
QaZ  Ungliid  tyricfyt  getoaltig  $u  bem  §er&en; 
3125  2)o$  Suer  33lid  fd^nurt  mir  bag  3nnr*  5U« 

aSoIt^er  (auffpringenb). 

SMutter,  ber  Sater! 

(<5ttt  &inau8.) 

D  mein  ©ott! 
(2BiH  nad),  aittert  unb  f)dlt  ftd)  an.) 
SSKtyflm  (eilt  nad)). 

2)er  25ater ! 


5.  21  uf 3 u g.    2.  Scent.  167 

2Baltljer  (braufcen). 

2)a  bift  bu  ftrieber ! 

3Stl!)Clm  (brau&en). 

33ater,  lieber  Sater! 

Xett  (brau&en). 

£)a  bin  i$  toieber  —  2Bo  ift  eure  Gutter? 

(Sreten  Ijercin.) 

IBtttter* 

Da  ftefyt  fie  an  ber  S^itr'  unb  fann  nicfyt  toeiter; 
3130  ©0  jtttert  fie  Dor  ©cfyrecfen  unb  Dor  greube. 

XtU. 

D  §ebtoig !  §ebhrig !    5Rutter  meiner  ftinber ! 

©ott  fyat  gefyolfen  —  Un3  trennt  !ein  2tyrann  mefyr. 

^)CbWtg  (an  feinem  $alfe). 

D  Sell !  £eU!    SBeld&e  SHngft  iitt  id)  urn  btd&l 

(5H5nd}  ttrirb  aufmertfatn.) 

Sea. 

33ergifc  fte  je£t  unb  Iebe  nur  ber  $reube ! 
3135  S)a  bin  icfy  toieber!    3)a3  ift  nteine  §ittte ! 
3$  fte^e  hneber  auf  bem  SKeinigen ! 

BUffta 

5Bo  aber  fyaft  bu  beine  2lrmbruft,  SSater? 

%$  \tf  fie  nic^t. 

ZtU. 

$)u  h)irft  fte  nie  mefyr  fefyn. 
3ln  ^eil'ger  Statte  ift  fte  aufbetoafyrt; 
3140  6ie  toirb  fyinfort  ju  feiner  3<*Sb  mefyr  bienen. 

fcebttita. 
D  Stea  I    Sell ! 

($ritt  luriicf,  lafct  feine  £anfc  Iof.) 


168  IDUttelm  Cell. 

ZtU. 
2Bag  erfd)recft  bid),  Iiebeg  SBeib? 

$ebttng. 
SBte  —  toie  fommft  bu  mir  toteber?  —  £)tefe  £anb 
—  ®arf  id(>  fie  faff  en?  —  SDiefe  §anb  —  O  ©ott ! 

$Ctt  (&eraltc§  unb  mutig). 

§at  eucfy  fcertetbigt  unb  bag  Sanb  gerettet ; 
3145  3$  barf  fie  fret  fyinauf  jum  §immel  fyeben. 

(W6n6)  mad)t  eine  rafdje  93eroegung,  er  erbltrft  t&n.) 

SBer  ift  ber  Sruber  fcier? 

£ebwtg. 

21$,  i#  bergafe  ifyn ! 
6pri$  b  u  mit  ifym ;  mir  graut  in  feiner  -Kafye. 

2Jtom$  (tritt  nft&er). 

©eib  3#r  ber  Sell,  bur$  ben  ber  Sanbtoogt  pel? 

£)er  bin  t$,  tc§  fcerberg'  eg  feinem  TOenfcfyen. 

3Rim$. 

3150  3^r  feib  ber  Sea !    8W&,  eg  ift  ©otteg  £anb, 
£)ie  unter  6uer  2)a$  micij  fyat  gefitfyrt. 

£efl  (mifct  t&n  mit  ben  Wugen). 

S^r  feib  fein  SMoncfy!    2Ber  feib  3^r? 

3fyr  erfd&lugt 
£)en  2anbbogt,  ber  @ud&  Sofeg  tfyat  —  2lu$  td& 
§ab'  einen  §einb  erfcfylagen,  ber  mir  SRed^t 
3155  93erfagte  —  6r  toar  6uer  geinb  toie  meiner  — 
3$  fyab'  bag  Sanb  bon  tfym  befreit.    - 


5.  21  uf 3ug.    2.  Scene.  169 

XtU  (iurudfa^rcnb). 

3fc  fcib  - 
©ntfetjen !  —  $inber  !     $inber,  ge^t  fyinetn ! 
©efy,   UebeS  SBeib!     ©efy,  gefy !  —  Ungliicflid&er, 
3$r  toaret  — 

©ott,  toer  ift  e3? 

ZtU. 

grage  ni$t! 
3160  ftort!  fort!     2)ie  Sinber  bitrfen  e3  nicfyt  fyoren. 
©efy  au3  bem  §aufe  —  toeit  fyintoeg  —  ®u  barfft 
•Jficfyt  unter  einem  2)a$  mit  btefem  toofynen. 

Jpebnrig. 
2Befy  tnir,  toaS  i[t  ba$?    $ommt! 

((&et)t  mit  ben  flinbern.) 
£efl  (ju  bem  2Ron$). 

Sfyr  feib  ber  §erjog 
SSon  Sfterreid)  —  $br  f  eib'3 !    3^r  fyabt  ben  £aifer 
3165  (Srfcfylagen,  (Suern  Dfym  unb  £errn. 

SofjanneS  ^arrtciba. 

@r  toar 
S)er  Jiauber  meineS  (SrbeS. 

£ei 

@uem  Dfym 
(Srfcfylagen,  Guern  Saifer!    Unb  @ucfy  tragt 
®ie  (Srbe  nocfy!     @ud)  Ieucfytet  nocfy  bie  ©onne! 

^arrictba. 

Sell,  fyort  mid),  e^  Sfyr  — 
Sell. 

SSon  bem  33Iute  triefenb 
3170  £e£  33atermorbe3  unb  be3  $aifermorb3, 


170  HM 1 1* elm  Celt 

2Bagft  bu  311  treten  in  mein  reined  §au§? 
®u  toagft%  bein  2lntli£  einem  guten  9Jknfcf)en 
3u  ^eigen  unb  ba§  ©aftrecfyt  ju  begefyren? 

$amctba. 

Set  (5u<$  fyofft'  id?  SBarmfyer^igfeit  gu  finben; 
3175  2lu$  2#r  na^mt  5ta$'  an  ©urern  $einb. 

ZtU. 

Unglucflicfyer ! 

3)arfft  bu  ber  ©fyrfucfyt  blut'ge  ©cfyulb   bermengen 

2Rit  ber  gerecfyten  9iottoefyr  eine§  23aterS? 

§aft  bu  ber  $tnber  ltebe3  §aupt  berteibigt? 

£)e§  §erbe§  §eiligtum  befcfyiitjt?  ba3  ©cfyrecflicfyfte, 
3180  £)a3  £e£te  Don  ben  SDeinen  abgetoefyrt? 

—  3um  ^itnmcl  tyV  icfy  meine  reinen  §anbe, 

S3erflucfye  bicfy  unb  beine  %$)at  —  ©eracfyt 

QaV  \6)  bie  fyeilige  ^atur,  bie  bu 

©efcfyanbet  —  9Zid)t§  teil'  \<fy  mit  bir  —  ©emorbet 
3185  §aft  bu,   id)  fyah'  mein  £euerfte£  fcerteibigt. 

^arrictba. 

2$r  ftofct  micfy  fcon  @ucty,  troftloS,  in  S3er&toeifluwj  ? 

XtU. 
Mid)  fafct  ein  ©raufen,  ba  icfy  mit  bir  rebe. 
$ort!    SBanble  beine  fiircfyterlidje  6ttafce! 
2afc  rein  bie  §utte,   too  bie  Unfcfyulb  toofyntr 

^SarrtCiba  (roenbet  fid),  ju  ge§en). 

3190  ©0  lann  id),  unb  fo  lr>  i  1 1  icfy  nid^t  mefyr  Ieben  ! 

Sell- 

Unb  bo$  erbarmt  mid)  beiner  —  ©ott  be3  §immel3 ! 
©0  jung,  bon  folcfyem  abeligen  6tamm, 


5.  2Iuf3ug.    2.  Scene.  171 

®er  Snfel  9tubotyfy§,  meine§  §errn  unb  $aifer£, 
%\$  2Rorber  flud;tig,  ^ier  an  meiner  €>cfytoelle, 

3195  £)e§  armen  9Hcmne§,  flefyenb  unb  fcer^toeifelnb  — 
(Servant  jt*  ba§  ©ejufct.) 
^arricibo. 
D,  toenn  2$r  toeinen  lonnt,  laftt  mein  ©efd&icf 
©ucr;  jammern ;  e3  ift  fiirdfyterlidj)  —  3$  bin 
©in  gtirft  —  id?  to  a  r '  §  —  i$  lonntc  gliicflicr)  roerben, 
2Benn  id)  ber  2BiinfdE)e  Ungebulb  bejtoang. 

3200  ®er  5Reib  gernagte  mir  ba3  §er§  —  3$  fafy 
2)ie  $ugenb  meineS  $etter§  Seopolb 
©efront  mit  Gfyre  unb  mit  £anb  belofynt, 
Unb  micfy,  ber  gleid)e3  2llter^  mit  ifym  tear, 
gn  fflafcifcfyer  Unmimbigfeit   gefyalten  — 
Xcll. 

3205  Ungliidlicfyer,  toofyl  fannte  btd^>  bein  Dfym, 
2)a  er  bit  Sanb  unb  Seute  h>etgerte  I 
2)u  fclbft  mit  rafter,  totlber  9Bafynfinn§tl)at 
SRecfytfertigft  furdjtbar  feinen  roeifen  Scr/Iufe. 
—  2Bo  finb  bie  blut'gen  §elfer  beineS  9Korb3? 

^arrictba. 

3210  SBofyin  bie  5Rad^egeifter  fie  gefiifyrt ; 

3$  fafy  fie  feit  ber  Ungliicf3tl)at  nicfyt  roieber. 

ZtU. 

SBeifet  bu,  bafc  bier)  bie  2tcr;t  berfotgt,  bafe  bu 
2)em  $reunb  toerboten  unb  bem  geinb  erlaubt? 

$amctba. 

2)arum  feermeib'  icr;  aHe  offne  (Strain; 
3215  2ln  leine  §utte  mag'  icr;   an^upocfyen  — 
3)er  SBiifte  fer)r'  icr;  meine  Scfyritte  ju; 


172  rDtifjelm  Cell. 

SRetn  eigne3  6d)recfni3  trr'  icfy  burd;  bie  Serge 
Unb  fafyre  fcfyaubernb  fcor  mir  feI6ft  ^uriicf, 
3etgt  mir  em  33ad^)  mein  ungliicffelig  Silb. 
3220  D,  h)enn  $fyr  TOitleib  fiifytt  unb  9flenfd)iid?feit  — 

(fjfallt  bor  tfym  nteber.) 
£cll  (abgeroenbet). 

©tetyt  auf !    ©tefyt  auf! 

$arrictba. 
%.iji  6i§  £$r  m^r  bit  §anb  gereicfyt  $ur  §ilfe. 

Sea- 

Sann  id?  @u$  Ejelfen  ?    ^ann'S  ein  TOenfc^  ber  ©iinbe? 
Socfy  ftefyet  auf  —  2Ba3  3fyr  aud?  ©raphes 
3225  Seriibt  —  2$r  f*to  e*n  Wenfcfy  —  3>$  &n  e3  au$ ; 
Som  Jell  foil  feiner  ungetroftet  fcfyeiben  — 
2Ba3  i$  fcermag,  ba§  toill  id?  tfyun. 

^arrictba 

(auffprtngenb  unb  fcine  £anb  mtt  Jpeftigfett  ergretfenb). 

D  Sett! 
3$r  rettet  meine  ©eele  bon  Ser^toeiftung. 

XtU. 

Safct  meine  $anb  Io3  —  %\)x  miiftt  fort.    §ier  fonnt 
3230  %bx  unentbedt  ntcfyt  bletben,  fonnt  entbedt 

2luf  ©d?u$  nicfyt  redjmen —  2Bo  gebenft  3t)x  fyin? 
2Bo  tyofft  %v)x  SRufy'  ^u  finben? 

$amciba. 

2Beift  td&'3?    21$  I 

§ort,  toaS  mir  ©ott  in§  §erj  giebt  —  2#r  m"^  fort 
$n§  Sanb  ^talien,  nadj  ©an!t  qjeter^  ©tabt ! 


5.  2Iuf3iig.    2.  Scene.  173 

3235  Sort  tocrft  3fyr  @ud?  bem  Spapft  $u  ^ufeen,  betd^tet 
3#m  (Sure  ©cfyulb  unb  lofet  @ure  6eele. 

*garrtctba» 
Sitb  er  mid)  nicfyt  bem  Staler  iiberliefern? 

£ett. 

2Ba£  er  @ud)  tfyut,  ba3  nebmet  an  bon  ©ott! 

$arrictba. 
2Bie  fomm'  icfy  in  ba§  unbefannte  2anb? 
3240  34)  bin  be3  2Beg§  nid)t  funbig,  mage  nid)t, 
$u  SBanberern  bie  6d)ritte  gu  gefellen. 

Sell. 

3)en  255eg  toill  tdj)  @ucr)  nennen,  merfet  rooI)I ! 
3#r  fteigt  fyinauf,  bem  (Strom  ber  3teuft  entgegen, 
£)ie  toilbeft  SaufeS  Don  bem  Serge  ftiir§t  — 

^arriciba  (erf^ricft). 
3245  ©efy'  \<fy  bie  Steufc?     ©ie  flofc  bei  meiner  Xfyat. 

XtU. 
2lm  2lbgrunb  gefyt  ber  2Beg,  unb  rriele  $reu$e 
Sejeid^nen  ifyn,  errid)tet  jum  @ebdcr)tni^ 
2)er  SBanberer,  bie  bie  Saline  begraben. 

^arrtctba, 

3$  fiircfyte  nid)t  bie  ©djrecfen  ber  ^atur, 
3250  2Benn  id)  be£  §erjen3  roilbe  Dualen  ^afyme. 

Sell. 

SSor  jebem  ^reuje  faEet  fyin  unb  biifcet 
■Kit  fyeiften  Sieuetfyranen  Sure  ©dmlb  — 
Unb  feib  %bx  gliidlidj)  burd)  bie  6cfyreden§ftrafce, 
©enbet  ber  SBerg  ntd)t  feine  ^Binbe^roefyen 


174  rDtl^cIm  Cell. 

3255  2(uf  @ucr)  fyerab  fcon  bem  beei^ten  ^odE), 

60  lommt  2$r  auf  bie  93  r  ii  d  e ,  roelcfye  ft  a  u  b  e  t. 
SSJenn  fie  nicfyt  einbricfjt  unter  (Surer  ©tfmlb, 
2Benn  3fyr  $*  QlMUd)  fyinter  @udb  gelaffen, 
©0  reifct  em  f cfytoarjeS  $  e  I  f  e  n  t  r;  0  r  ficr;  auf  — 

3260  £em  Jag  r/at'3  no$  erfyetlt  —  ba  gefyt  3^r  burcr), 
@3  fiifyrt  ©ucr;  in  eirt  fyeitreS  J  fy  a  I  ber  greube  — 
£>ocr)  fcfynellen  ©cfyrittS  miifet  l^fyr  fcoriiber  eilen; 
S^r  biirft  nid^t  roeilen,  too  bie  3iur;e  toobnt. 

^arriciba. 

©  ^ubotyb; !  Jhtbotyr/ !    £onigIid)er  Hfyn  ! 
3265  ©0  jie^t  bein  (Snfel  eirt  auf  beineS  9ieid)e3  23oben! 

Sett. 

©0  immer  fteigenb  fommt  3$r  auf  bie  §ofyen 
2)e§  ©ottfyarbS,  too  bie  eto'gen  ©een  ftnb, 
3)ie  Don  be§  §immel3  ©tromen  felbft  ficfy  fiiHen. 
3)ort  nebmt  JSfyr  SUbfc^ieb  Don  ber  beutfcfyen  6rbe, 
3270  Unb  muntern  £auf£  fiifyrt  Sucfy  ein  anbrer  ©trom 
3n§  Sanb  ^talien  fyinab,  Gucr;  ba3  gelobte  — 
(9ttan  tjort  ben  $ut)reif)en,  toon  toiclen  9llpl)drnern  gebtafen.) 
3d;  fyore  ©timmen.     gort ! 

^pCbttHQ  (eilt  herein). 

2Bo  bift  bu,  JeH  ? 
£)er  SSater  lommt!     S3  nafyn  in  frofyem  3U9 
3)ie  ©ibgenoffen  attc  — 

^arrtctba  (oerijuat  ft$). 
2Ber;e  mir! 
3275  3$  ^arf  n^J  toeilen  bei  ben  ©likflicfyen. 

Sell, 
©eb,  liebeS  2Beib !     (Srfrifcfye  btefen  SJtann, 


5.  2Iuf3ug.    2.  Scene.  175 

Selab'  ifyn  reicfy  mtt  ©aben;  benn  fetn  2Beg 
3ft  toett,  unb  leine  §erberg'  finbet  er. 
©tie !     ©te  nalm. 

^ebttiig. 
SBer  ift  e§? 
Sett, 

gorfc^e  ntcfyt! 
3280  Unb  toemx  er  gefyt,  fo  toenbe  beine  SUtgen, 
2)a&  fie  ntcfyt  fefyen,  toelcfyen  2Beg  er  toanbelt! 

^arrictba  gefyt  auf  ben  XeU  $u  mit  ciner  ra(d)en  33emegung;  btefer  abcr 
bebeutet  tint  mit  bcr  §anb  unb  gefyt.  iffienn  betbe  311  t>erfd)tebenen 
©etten  abgegangen,  oerdnbert  ftrf)  bcr  ©djauplafc,  unb  man  fteljt 
in  ber 

ttfyten  Sczxxz 

ben  gan^en  £!)afgrunb  t)or£etl8  SBolmung,  nebfl  ben  2(nI)oI)en,  roeldje 
ifjn  etnfdjUefeen,  mtt  £anbteuten  befe^t,  meldje  fief)  $u  etttem 
malertjdjen  ©angen  gruppteren.  $nbere  !ommen  iiber  ciucn  Ijofyen 
©teg,  ber  iiber  ben  ©djadjen  fitfyrt,  gc$ogen.  SBaltfjer^itrft  mi* 
ben  beiben  £naben,  Tl  e  t  d)  t  f)  a  1  unb  @  t  a  u  f  f  a  d)  e  r  fommen  uor= 
marts;  anbere  brdngen  nad);  mte  £eU  fjeraustritt,  empfangen  tfm 
aUe  mtt  lautem  grotjlotfen. 

5tac. 

@3  Iebe  Sell,  ber  Sdm£  unb  ber  ©rretter! 

3nbem  ftd)  bte  SBorbcrften  urn  ben  Xett  brdngen  unb  tljn  umarmen, 
eufdjetnen  nod)  Rubens  unb  23ertfja,  jener  bte  £anblettte,  bteje 
bte  §ebmtg  umarmenb.  2)ie  SRuftf  com  23erge  beglettet  biefe  ftumnte 
©cene.    Senn  fte  geenbigt,  trttt  SBertfya  tn  bte  Wlittt  be8  33olf«. 

SBertfja- 
Sanbleute !    (Sibgenoffen  !    ;ftefymt  mi$  auf 
3>n  euern  SBunb,  bte  erfte  ©lucfltdfye, 


176  HHUjelm  Cell 

3285  ®ie  (2$u§  gefunben  in  ber  greifyeit  Sanb. 
^n  cure  tapfre  £>anb  leg'  id)  mein  SHecfyt, 
SBottt  tfyr  al3  eure  23urgerin  micfy  fcfyu^en? 

SanMeute, 
3)a§  Gotten  toir  mit  @ut  unb  Slut. 

Sertlja. 

Sffio^Ian ! 
60  reicfy'  icfy  biefem  Jangling  meine  Stecfyte, 
3290  £)te  frete  ©d^iDeijerin  bem  freien  9Jlann! 

JRubens. 

Unb  frei  erftar'  id?  aEe  meine  5tnecf)te. 
(3nbcm  btc  5Jiuftf  ton  neuem  rajd}  etnfaflt,  ffiflt  hex  Sor^ang.) 


NOTES. 


(177) 


NOTES. 


ACT   I.      SCENE    i. 

*  $faf-$ttg  (from  aitfaiefyett,  'to  draw  up '),  at  first  the  raising  of  the 
curtain  at  the  beginning  of  an  act,  was  soon  taken  to  mean  act. 

*  <3cCitC  (cf.  French  scene)  is  used  in  Xeft  instead  of  the  German 
5tuftritt  (from  auf^tretett,  'to  step  up,'  'to  appear'),  lit.  '  the  stepping 
up,'  i.  e.  appearance  of  the  actors  on  the  stage,  hence  scene. 

*  $ier=ttJatb=ftattcr=feCr  Ut  '  Four-wood-steads' (districts) -lake,'  i.  e. 
Lake  of  the  Four  Forest  Cantons  (cf.  French  Lac  des  Quatre  Cantons), 
so  named  from  the  four  cantons  (3Satb=ftfltte)  Uri,  Schwyz,  Unter- 
walden  and  Luzern,  lying  around  it;   in  English  Lake  Lucerne. 

*  Sd)ttJt)5  (pronounce  ©d)uriet3),  capital  of  the  canton  of  Schwyz, 
is  some  three  miles  from  the  lake.  The  scene  is  laid  on  the  western 
shore  of  Lake  Lucerne,  in  Canton  Uri,  not  far  from  Treib,  and  directly 
opposite  Brunnen,  at  a  point  where  the  lake  is  only  about  half  a  mile 
wide.     See  map. 

*  f ttljrt  fid),  is  rowing  about. 

*  fatten  (akin  to  Eng.  'mead,'  'meadow'),  South  German  and 
Swiss  for  SSiefc.  —  $ofe  (lit.  '  courts,'  '  court-yards '),  farm-yards. — 
fiefjt  titan  ♦  ♦  ♦  Itegett,  one  sees  {are  seen)  .  .  .  lying.  Note  the  infini- 
tive idiom  with  fiel)t» 

*  Spitjett  be£  §afeit.  The  §afen  (also  £acfen  or  §aggen,  lit. 
*Hook')  of  to-day  is  a  peak,  rising  from  a  pass  of  the  same  name,  just 
N.  E.  of  Schwyz;  Schiller  identifies  it  with  the  two  peaks  (©pi^Cll), 
ber  groge  SJtytfyen  and  ber  fleine  3Jtytf)en,  near  by.  The  (Si^ge&irge 
are  those  of  Canton  Glarus,  directly  east. 

*  Shows  that  the  note  is  on  a  word  occurring  in  the  stage  directions. 

(179) 


180  NOTES. 

*  be3  ®uf)VZi\)tn$  (also  ihtljreifjen) ,  lit. '  cow-song  '  or ■  cow-line  '  (cf. 
Sfteilje,  'line,'  'row'  (54),  and  9?eigen,  'song');  oftheKuhreihen.  It 
is  the  Swiss  herdsman's  call  to  his  cattle.  Sometimes  merely  a  call,  it 
is  usually  a  simple,  plaintive  melody,  a  "  yodel,"  without  words  and 
consisting  of  long-drawn-out  notes.  These  are  generally  sung,  but 
often  played  on  the  Alphorn  (as  in  the  last  scene  of  £etl),  and  have 
many  variations,  three  of  which  are  given  below  in  the  songs  of  the 
gifefyerfnabe,  £trt,  and  3dger.  It  is  the  French  <Ranz(=$Rang?)- 
des-Vaches.' 

1.  ($£  Itidjdt  bcr  ©CC  =  ber  ©ee  I fid)e(t.  This  expletive  e$,  as  n 
grammatical  subject,  introducing  the  real,  logical  subject  (here  ber 
@ee),  is  very  common  in  both  prose  and  verse.  —  tabttf  in  prose  label 
.  .  .  eirt.     The  poets  often  use  the  simple  instead  of  the  compound  verb. 

9.  e£  tuft,  so?nething  calls.  ($•$  is  here  the  indefinite  logical  sub- 
ject. This  idiom  is  quite  common,  very  different,  however,  from  that 
in  1,  and  Schiller  often  uses  it  with  fine  poetic  effect. 

10.  2itb  (for  2ieber)  Jhtabc.  A  neuter  adjective  often  loses  its 
ending  in  poetry  and  familiar  style;  in  masc.  and  fern,  such  omission  is 
poetic  and  rare. 

11-12.  Such  superstitions  are  very  old;  thus,  legend  says,  Hylas, 
one  of  the  Argonauts,  was  drawn  into  the  water  by  the  Naiads.  Local 
Swiss  tradition  also  ascribes  to  Lake  Calandari  (now  ber  ©cfytDelttfee), 
in  the  valley  of  Schams  near  Chur,  the  mysterious  power  of  drawing  into 
its  waters  all  who  fall  asleep  near  it.    Goethe's  gtidjer  has  the  same  idea. 

17.  933it  faljrett  (we  go,  we  drive  ;  cf.  Eng.  \  fare  '  and  'wayfarer') 
5U  JBetg.  The  cattle  are  driven  up  to  the  high  mountain  pastures  (jit 
£3erg  fafyreit)  in  spring,  spend  the  summer  grazing  and  are  then  gradu- 
ally driven  down  to  the  valleys  (511  %l)ai  fafyren,  fyetmtretbert,  62)  for 
the  winter  (203-206) .  Notice  the  very  unusual  and  highly  poetic  word 
order  in  17-20. 

20.  25tiintt(eut»  Not  surface  water,  but  intermittent  springs,  active 
only  from  May  to  September;   also  called  9)cai  ^ninnen. 

25.  (S3  ftonnem,  etc.  =  Me  §o^en  bonrtern  (cf.  1),  i.  e.  with  the 
noise  of  avalanches  and  cracking  ice. 

26.  Impersonal  construction  with  logical  subj.  in  dat.  and  the 
grammatical  subj.,  e§,  omitted.  fd)ttmtblid)tem,  older  form  of  fd)tt)tttb= 
Ugem  (dizzy),  from  ©cfyrouibet ;  cf.  also  ttcMid)te3  (31)  for  nebtigeS. 


ACT    I.       SCENE    I.  181 

31.     WlttX.     Here  ace.  absolute,  used  adverbially. 

35.  SBaffertt,  i.  e.  figuratively  the  zuaters  of  the  ttCl)Utf)te3  WttX 
(the  clouds). 

As  yet  these  three  singers  have  no  individual  names;  so  far  they  are 
merely  types  of  the  three  chief  classes  of  Swiss  people.  Each  song, 
too,  is  characteristic,  in  metre  and  tone,  of  the  class  the  singer  repre- 
sents. This  lyric  introduction  is  by  no  means  an  accident.  Schiller 
skillfully  uses  it  to  picture  the  idyllic  scenes  and  characters  among 
which  the  play  is  to  be  laid.  Cf.  in  this  connection  the  opening  scenes 
in  Shakespeare's  Macbeth. 

*  ©djatteit  .  .  .  (aufClt  itfcer  btC  ®egeitb  (scene).  A  storm  darkens 
the  sunny  landscape,  at  the  same  time  anticipating  and  typifying  the 
tyrannical  oppression  so  soon  to  blight  the  lives  of  the  people. 

sJ{nobt  (pronounce  Ruo'di),  SBcmt,  ShtOltt  (pronounce  Kuo'ni,  al- 
most Kwonee),  Scppt  are  Swiss  diminutives  from  9tilbu(f  (older  9iU0= 
bolf),  Serner,  Jtotirab  (older  $llon--rat),  and  3oiep()  respectively.  The 
endings  -i  and  -It  are  South  German  and  Swiss,  corresponding  to 
North  German  -djen,  -lein  ;  thus  SJiablt  =  9D^cibd)en,  SQcaflbelein,  $tnbli 
=  $inbfetll,  etc.  ^aitbbllbc  (modern  Swiss  23ltob)  is  a  boy-of-all- 
work  ;  *  hand-boy  '  is  wanting  in  Eng.,  but  'hand-maid  '  is  used. 

37-  3cmuf  dim.  of  3ol)aim  ;  cf.  Eng.  Johnny.  —  9JJatf)T  (lit.  ■  make,' 
'do,' 'act')  ljurttCJ  (adverb,  quickly),  make  haste. — Want  (South  Ger- 
man and  Swiss;  cf.  also  navis,  vavg)  is  primarily  a  freight-barge  or 
ferry-boat,  also  a  small  boat;  here  Jenni's  ftafylt* 

38.  $cr  grcme  £fjaltJOgt,  lit.  '  the  gray  dale-governor,'  the  wind, 
driving  the  dark  storm-clouds,  is  thus  personified. —  3^**tt>  glacier. 
gim  was  originally  an  adj.  (allied  to  fern  and  like  it  implying  distance 
in  time),  meaning  'old,'  'last  year's';  thus  gtrne-ruein,  Mast  year's 
wine,'  ginteg  tmb  §rifd)e§,  '  old  and  new.'  It  is  the  old  snow  of  pre- 
vious years,  turned  more  or  less  to  ice;  successive  layers  of  it  gradually 
form  the  glaciers. 

39.  The  9Jtl)tljettfteut  of  to-day  is  a  rock,  eighty  feet  high,  rising 
out  of  the  lake  near  Treib.  Ruodi  means,  no  doubt,  the  2JtytfyettftO(f, 
one  of  the  peaks  of  the  §afett,  mentioned  in  the  introductory  stage  di- 
rections as  surrounded  by  clouds,  the  hood  in  question  here. 

40.  2Better4od)  (also  2Biub-4od)),some  mountain  cleft  from  which 
the  wind  blows  fresher  on  the  approach  of  a  storm.     In  38-40  we  have 


182  NOTES. 

the  fisherman's  weather-signs,  in  42-45  follow  those  of  the  herdsman 
and  hunter. 

42.  T3  (=  e§)  fomtttt,  pronounce  ffomtnt.  — 29Barf)tcrr  lit. <  watcher,' 
is  Kuoni's  dog;    cf.  Eng.   Watch. 

46.  ihtgett  (akin  to  Eng.  look)  is  South  German  and  Swiss  for  fefyett, 
nad)fef)ett.  Cf.  colloquial  Eng.  'look  and  see  if  (whether).'  —  ftrf)  tier* 
Iflufcit  (l)Clt),  this  omission  of  the  tense  auxiliary  is  very  common. 

47.  £tfel  (or  gifett  for  £tfe(etn),  dim.  of  £ife,  from  (g(tfabctl)  ;  here 
the  cow's  name.  —  5(ltt  (^eldttt(e),  i.  e.  by  the  sound  of  her  bells. 

49.  Ctlt  fd)im(e$)  ©dthtte,  a  fine  set  of  bells.  A  herdsman  often 
has  a  number  of  different-toned  bells,  harmonizing  with  each  other  and 
with  the  tfnljreifjen  (Ebel's  Chronicle).  —  SOZetftcr  (^ptrt),  term  of  po- 
liteness here;   has  force  also  of  Dber4)irt,  '  chief  herdsman.' 

51.  nit,  a  common  dialect  form  for  1lid)t. 

52.  <$)C3  2lttUtCll)aufer3,  the  Baron  of  Attinghausen.  Cf.  Act  II., 
Sc.  I.     ttttr  $U(JC5iif)U,  lit.  *  counted  to  me,'  i.  e.  in  my  charge. 

53.  bcr  $llty  ♦  ♦  ♦  §«  ^>alfer  on  that  cow's  neck.  —  ftel)!,  looks.— 
fteljen,  with  dat.,  means  '  to  suit,'  'to  be  becoming.'  —  £tt  §ttlfe  is  ad- 
verbial. 

55  f.  mil)lltT  ttf),  etc.,  condensed  form  of  condition  for  tnenn  \dj 
nafym'  (nefymen  fotttc).  —  $l)r  fetb  md)t  Hug  !    Nonsense  / 

59.  $)tef  emphatic  demonst.,  They.  —  ft)0f  here  used  for  menu. 

60.  TttC  =  (5ine.  What  is  said  here  of  the  chamois,  and  in  55  of 
the  cows,  is  literally  true. 

61.  mit  Jjeflcr  $feife  (for  mit  fyellem  ^feifen),  i.  e.  with  hoarse, 
piercing  sound,  which  serves  the  others  as  a  danger  signal;  in  sharp 
tone. 

62.  See  17,  note.  $)ie  5tty,  is  the  high  mountain  pasture,  never 
mowed,  but  left  for  grazing. 

64.    3fal)rtf  trip.  —  f eljrt  ftdj'S  =  fefyrt  man. 

66.    ber  SBanmgart,  familiar  for  93aumgarten. —  %\%zVlz\\,  see  map. 

The  def.  art.  is  often  used  thus  before  names  of  persons,  implying  that 
the  person  is  well  known,  hence  often  adding  a  tinge  of  familiarity  or 
contempt. 

68.  tva§  gtcbtt^  (lit.  '  what  is  there  ')  fo  eilijj,  why  such  haste. 
—  SBtnbet  (ben  flaljn)  loS. 

70.     t9Q$  fyflfot  ^i)V,  what's  the  matter  with  you  ? 


ACT    I.       SCENE    I.  183 

72.  £attb=t)Ogt,  governor.  Beringer  von  Landenberg  (the  £aitbcit 
bergct  of  282),  imperial  bailiff  in  Unterwalden,  is  meant.  —  2§0gt,  in 
the  general  sense  of  '  governor,'  'bailiff,'  occurs  in  several  compounds  in 
the  play;  thus  in  the  dramatis  persona  Gessler  is  Wetdj^UOflt,  in  77 
Wolfenschiessen  is  SBltrg DOQt,  cf.  also  %t)ah'DOQtf  38. 

73.  gretfeit,  for  ercjreifen  ;  cf.  1,  note. 

75.  batttt  ftel)T  (for  toerbe  fte^en)  .  ,  ,  sJicbCr  then  Pll  answer  (or 
talk  to)  you.  This  use  of  pres.  indie,  for  fut.  is  very  common  in  em- 
phatic expression;  cf.  69,  79.  —  (Surf)  JRcbC  ftcljCtt  =  ^ltd)  glir  9iebe 
ftefyen,  lit.  'stand  for  a  speech  for  you,'  i.e.  'stand  ready  to  talk  to  you.' 

78.  393o(fC1tfd)tcfeCtt  (also  2Bolfenfd)lcf$),  °ne  of  the  younger  Swiss 
nobles,  who,  attracted  by  the  splendor  of  the  Austrian  court,  took  sides 
against  their  own  country  (cf.  Act  II.,  Sc.  1,  especially  946).  His 
castle  was  the  9iOJ3berg,  near  Stanz. 

81.     Supply  predicate  getljcut  fytitte. 

85.     &i)3  (for  bi3je8,  cf.  10,  note)  ©diiftett,  his  evil  purpose. 

91.  9ltt0ft  bc3  $obc3,  prose  £obe$attgft,  in  mortal  terror.  This 
passage  is  based  on  the  account  in  Tschudi's  Chronicle  under  the  year 
1306. 

92.  Schiller  omits  the  fie  fagte,  upon  which  the  subjunctives  (of  in- 
direct statement)  ltegT,  l)3br,  fci  depend  and  thus  intensifies  the 
dramatic  effect. 

94.     UltgclmljrftdjCd  .  .  .  Dcrfaitgt,  made  insulting  demands. 

96.  Itcf  fnfd)  (=fd)Iietl)  fyiltSU,  ran  up  quickly. 

97.  I)abT  trf)  tl)lttr3  SBab  (jcfctjltct,  /  blessed  his  bath  for  him,  iron- 
ical for  '  I  made  him  suffer  for  it.' 

100.  lMt3  2$0lf,  from  {at  the  hands  of)  the  people. 

1 01.  rndjtbar,  for  rudjbar. 

104.  ((£«)  gcfyt  lttd)t  (cf.  Eng.  slang,  '  it's  no  go  '),  (/)  can't  do  it. 
—  ttll=ge=lMtter,  storm  *  collective  from  ^Better  ;  Un-  is  generally 
simply  negative,  like  Eng.  in-,  un-,  but  sometimes  adds  intensive  force 
(Ult'-$al){,  'great  number')  and  sometimes  a  "bad  sense"  (Un>tf)at, 
'  crime  ') . 

109.  $er  (JiJljtt  ift  lf)§  (lit.  '  loose  '),  the  Fohti  is  up.  It  is  a  violent 
southerly  wind,  blowing  warm  and  dry  over  the  Alps,  useful  in  melting 
the  snow,  but  dangerous  to  boats  on  the  narrow  arm  of  the  lake. 

in.     inettt,  frequent  in  poetry  for  meitter  (genit.). 


184  NOTES. 

112.     (£§  gdjt  Uttt3  Sefeett,  His  life  is  at  stake. 

121.  $5a3  1taI)C  sJ{ettmtg3ufcrf  etc.,  ace.  absolute,  with  the  .  .  .  i* 
sight.     It  was  half  a  mile  distant. 

123.     The  word  order  is  very  emphatic  and  poetic.     Cf.  17,  note. 
124  f.      IjtmtbcrtvitflC,    condensed    condition;     cf.  55,  note.  —  (id)) 

126.     SBitrgleit,  Tell's  traditional  birth-place,  a  hamlet  at  the  foot  of 
the  lake  and  a  mile  from  Altorf.  —  bet*  XtUt  cf.  66,  note. 
133.    fiird)trt  for  fiirdjtet 

135.  m  tow*  (HO. 

136.     ISjjt  ftd)  fltte3  UWgeit,  anything  may  be  risked. 
138.      fid  ©iltttCU,  III  £l>  senses. 

141.     laftt  fid)r3  gemadjlid)  raten,  i/  w  ^wj  /*  advise. 

143.    $cr  ©cc  famt  fid)  (erbarmen),  ber  S*attb&ogt  (aber)  ttitf)t. 

145.  unb  ttmrr3,  «wi  if  it  were.  —  mtb  (^r)  . ,  .  letbUd)(e$),  for 

eigeneS.     Note    the    emphatic    change    to    indicative :     (£3    f atttt   (for 
tonnte)  nidjt  fern. 

146.  ©UttMtS  Uttb  Sltba  (Sag),  St.  Simon's  and  St.  Jude's  day. 
$ttba  is  Lat  genitive  of  3uba8.  This  fixes  the  date  of  the  scene,  Oct. 
28  (1307).  The  season  is  also  evident  from  16,  61.  Ruodi  takes 
refuge  in  the  common  superstition  that  the  lake  demanded  a  victim  on 
that  day. 

149.  bem  Wiatm  mitft  £Ufe  nJCrbCtt,  the  man  must  be  helped. 
SSerbeit  with  dat.  means  *  to  be  given  to,'  cf.  646. 

152.  Characteristic  of  Tell,  the  man  of  deeds,  not  words  (cf.  148  ff.). 
The  contrast  between  Tell  and  Ruodi  is  not  accidental.  Schiller  in- 
tends it  to  be  striking.  Numerous  instances  in  this  play  show  the  poet's 
skill  in  thus  using  contrast  as  a  means  of  heightening  the  dramatic 
effect. 

155.     28oI)If  yes,  to  be  sure.  —  Wotttt  (rare  dat.  pi.  of  ^Ot),  dangers. 

158  f.    5U3  in   (bie  £cmb)   bcr  9ftettfd)ett.  —  tva#   (for  etroaS) 

9Jleufd)tid)e£  (Ut.  *  anything  human  '),  if  anything  should  happen  to  me. 
160.  iud)t  laffcit  fottlttC,  could  not  (let  alone)  leave  undone. 
Schiller  purposely  allows  only  a  glance  (125-160)  at  Tell,  but  it  suffices 
to  show  his  character.  His  rescue  of  Baumgarten  hints  at  what  he 
may  do  for  the  whole  Swiss  people,  whose  distress  is  typefied  by  the 
wrong  Baumgarten  suffers. 


ACT   I.      SCENE    2.  185 

161.  SJlciftCr  ©tCttCttttatttl  (i.  e.  has  been  apprentice  and  become 
master-steersman,  cf.  Eng.  '  master-workman  ')  is  here  used  reproach- 
fully.    9ftetfterf  here  different  from  49,  has  the  accent.     Cf.  49,  note. 

168.  ftrftftiglid),  old  form  of  frciftig  ;  here  adv.  =  in  frciftiger 
SSeife. 

173.  $>e3  2Bcg3» — bc^  has  demonstrative  force  (=biefe8),  ex- 
pressed by  spaced  type  and  strong  accent.  This  adverbial  genitive  is 
very  common,  especially  with  fotntnett,  gefyen,  fafyretl. 

175  f.  Wtit  (=9tot't  =  9Mtet,  cf.  furdjt't,  133)  £U,  ride  on.— 
2Bemt  tf)r  frifd)  betlegt,  if  you  will  hurry.    bet4egen,  lit.,  'lay  to,'  i.e. 

apply  one's  self  vigorously  to  anything. 

178.     3fyr  fottt  tttt§  (ethical  dat.)  buftett,  you  shall  pay  for  it. 

182.  The  bright  opening  of  the  scene  is  in  powerful  contrast  with 
this  cry  of  despair.  Yet  in  and  akin  to  this  despair  is  the  vague  hope 
that  help  must  soon  come  to  suffering  no  longer  to  be  borne. 

This  scene  is  often  cited  as  a  fine  specimen  of  skillful  dramatic  ex- 
position. In  180  lines  the  reader  is  made  acquainted  in  detail  with 
Swiss  scenery,  with  the  character  and  daily  lives  of  Swiss  people,  learns 
at  once  the  theme  of  the  play — just  resistance  by  an  outraged  people 
of  ruthless  oppression  —  and,  in  a  glance  at  Tell,  the  quiet,  unselfish 
citizen,  sees  the  cool  and  courageous  deliverer,  who  may  later  come  to 
the  rescue. 

ACT  I.     SCENE  2. 

*  ©tauffatfjer,  Tschudi's  Sernljerr  Don  ©tauffad),  is  an  historical 

character,  according  to  the  chroniclers,  an  influential  citizen  of  old 
family  still  living  in  1341,  in  Stettteit,  a  considerable  village  some  three 
miles  from  ©djhJtyg. 

*  ^fctfcr  t)0tt  Slt^et ttr  a  fictitious  character,  used  here  to  embody 
and  express  the  political  views  of  the  town  and  canton  of  IPugent  (Eng. 
Lucerne),  which,  by  right  of  purchase,  belonged  to  the  Counts  of 
Habsburg  (i.  e.  Austria)  since  1291. 

185.  JHetd)  =  ba§  beutfdje  9Md).  For  the  relation  of  Habsburg- 
Austria  to  the  German  Empire,  and  of  both  to  the  Forest  Cantons  see 
Introduction,  p.  xviii-xxii. 

*  Witt  geljett,  is  about  to  go. 


186  NOTES. 

187.     25IeU»t  bodfj,  stay,  I pray  you  ;  borf)  strengthens  the  invitation. 

—  SBtrtttt  (also  (§f)e=mtrtitt)  and  2Birt  (also  ($I)e=tturt,   238)  are  old 
terms  for  wife  and  husband. 

189.  S^ict (en)  ^>att!r  accusative  absolute.     Cf.  Eng.  Many  thanks  I 

—  ©erfait,  on  the  lake  just  under  the  Rigi. 

190.  2Ba3  aud)  <3d)tt>ere3,  whatever  trial;  and}  generalizes  foa3 

,  ♦  ♦  <Stf)tt>ere3. 

193.  Gtt3  Wctcf)  gelattgett,  come  to  the  throne.  The  crown  was  not 
hereditary  then,  as  now;  since  each  new  emperor  was  elected,  it  was 
easily  possible  that  a  different  emperor  (i.  e.  of  some  other  house  than 
Austria)  should  come  to  the  throne. 

198.  auf  ♦  ♦  ♦  ^cr^Clt  brittft,  —  briicfert  auf  usually  takes  ace,  rarely 
dat. —  ©efcrefteit,  really  the  obsolete  inf.  (ge)breflett  used  as  a  noun, 
has  lost  its  old  meaning,  physical  suffering/ and  is  here  figurative;  sor- 
row. This  interview  is  quite  similar  in  general  tone  to  that  between 
Brutus  and  Portia  in  Julius  Ccesar,  Act  II.,  Sc.  1.  Gertrud  has  been 
called  the  Swiss  Portia;  the  resemblance  is  sometimes  striking  and  may 
be  due  to  the  performance  of  Julius  Ccesar  in  Weimar  (Oct.  1,  1803), 
while  Schiller  was  at  work  on  XtU.     Cf.  Introd.,  p.  xxxi. 

204.  $er  glattCIt  $ferbe,  etc.,  the  sleek,  well-fed  horses.  —  gttdjt 
(from  glefyen,  'to  bring  up  '),  lit.  *  breed,'  '  stock.' 

210.  $0lt  Dielett  ^ettftertt,  etc->  ***  many  windoius  shine  bright 
and  homelike. 

212.  Even  yet  the  better  Swiss  houses  are  often  adorned  with  such 
wise  sayings.  The  gable  bears  the  date,  the  owner's  name  and  coat-of- 
arms;  below,  in  two  to  six  lines,  follows  the  (Sfyrud),  usually  religious, 
sometimes  comic,  in  character. 

214*     2Sof)(  (yes,  I  know)  concedes  what  Gertrud  has  said. 

220.  %tX  3$0gt,  Hermann  Gessler,  legendary  £attbuogt  of  Schwyz 
and  Uri. 

226.     uii3  tttCUtCttb,  lit.  'meaning  evil,'  i.  e.  with  malicious  purpose. 

2.17.     fdjttetf  befOtttteit,  with  quick  presence  of?nind. 

229.  (£ttre3r  like  atCfttel,  agrees  with  §cmt.  —  fieljett,  general 
term  for  lands  or  other  property,  or  rights  granted  to  a  vassal  by  a 
feudal  lord  in  return  for  allegiance  and  service. 

232.  2htf  fcinc  etgene  $anb  (cf.  auf  eigene  gauft,  'on  one's  own 
hook'),  whenever  he  pleases;  i.  e.  without  Gessler's  permission. 


ACT   I.      SCENE    2.  187 

233.     alfo  fret  l)tttlebr,  thus  live  on  independent. 

235.     tntfjtgltd),  for  ordinary  prose  tro^ig.  • 

238.    2Kagft  bn,  here  for  SSiflft  bu. 

240.  riiljntr  ttf)  tmd)  (gn  feirt),  lit.  'I  boast  myself;  I  am  proud  to 
be.  Tschudi  names  her  Margaretha  Herlobig;  Schiller  calls  her  Ger- 
trud,  and  makes  her,  as  daughter  of  the  noble  Iberg,  a  member  of  a 
prominent  family,  thus  justifying  her  heroic  nature  and  ripe  political 
judgment.  A  Konrad  Iberg  is  mentioned  as  magistrate  in  Schwyz  in 
1311. 

244.  ^crcjntltcntc  (lit.  *  parchments '),  the  charters  of  rights,  granted 
by  former  emperors  (Friedrich  II.  and  Rudolf  of  Habsburg). 

253.  ^piltberm^,  ba$  ♦  ♦  ♦  tttdjt,  i.  c.  a  hinderance  resulting  in  his 
not  doing  so;  nidjt,  once  common  after  fjiitert,  t>ert)iiten,  Ijinbern  and 
other  verbs  meaning  '  prevent,'  ■  forbid,'  etc.,  is  now  pleonastic,  the  nega- 
tive idea  (prevention)  being  contained  in  ^)tttbcnu£.  Cf.  like  use  of 
ne  in  Latin  and  French.  —  bcm  ttCUCtt  gftirftenljaud  ;  the  House  of 
Habsburg-Austria.  The  Swiss  wished  to  be  subject  to  the  German 
Empire  (JReitfj),  and  were  unwilling  to  submit  to  the  newly  made 
Dukes  of  Austria,  Rudolph's  sons,  one  of  whom,  Albrecht,  was  now 
Emperor.     See  Introduction  and  185,  note. 

257.  C$  flCljaltcn  Ultb  fletljatt  (fyabetl),  have  always  done. 

258.  ttlCttn  id)  litge,  if  I  am  wrong. 

266.  After  the  time  of  Charlemagne,  the  German  Emperor, 
crowned  by  the  Pope  as  head  of  the  Holy  Roman  Empire,  claimed  to 
be  the  highest  lord  in  Christendom. 

273.  bijfe  filtft  gCbiifjt,  has  vented  his  malice.  —  eWattett,  rare  for 
toctrten  or  abtoartert. 

277.  Db,  poetical  for  tnegert,  or  iibcr  (with  ace).  —  933iitcrctr 
£tyramtet« 

281  f.  fcf)afft  t$  frcrf)f  is  acting  outrageously.  —  iibcrm  @ec,  i.  e.  in 
Unterwalden,  where  Beringer  von  Landenberg  (bcr  I'anbcitucrgcr. 
Cf.  Eng.  similar  idiom  ■  New  Yorker  ')  was  SSogt. 

284.  ©Cttlolt*bcgitttteit  (note  this  exceedingly  rare  division  of  a 
compound  at  the  end  of  a  line),  for  ©ettmtttfyat.  — t)0XXt  on  the  part  of. 

286.  tf|at  c§  gut,  it  would  be  well. — euer  etUcfje  =  eirtige  Hon 
eitd)  ;  after  numerals  the  preposition  with  dat.  of  the  pronoun  is  very 
common,  but  the  simple  gen.  is  used. 


188  NOTES. 

288.    fidj ,  ,  ,  erlebtgen  (for  erttfebigen),£?/  rid  of. 

'    290.     Uttb,  etc.,  but  would,  etc. 

291.  ($aft=freuttb  ('guest  friend'),  good  friend,  one  bound  by 
"  ties  of  mutual  hospitality,"  hence  applied  to  a  friend  in  another  dis- 
trict. 

294.    angefef)ett(e)   grogc    ^crrcnlcutc,   prominent,   influential 

men,  i.  e.  of  the  upper  classes  of  the  peasants.  One  can  still  hear  tour- 
ists called  b'  §eeralitt  (=  bic  §errenleute,  *  gentlefolks')  in  the  Alps. 

295«  Jjeljetm,.  lit-  '  private,'  '  secret '  (hence  §eim,  ■  home  '),  here  in 
the  old  sense  of  *  intimate  ';  who  are  intimate  and  trusted  friends  of 
mine. 

2gg.  ftitt  tJCrbot,  silently  forbade,  etc.,  emphatic  for  dared  not  think 
of  in  secret. 

300.  ait§fprecf)en  (in  prose  'pronounce')  is  here  poetical  for 
IjerauSjpredjen. 

304.  2Btr  ttiagteit  (pret.  subj.)  t§,  we  should  dare!  The  subj. 
implies  his  emphatic  opposition. 

306.     <£)Cr  flltte  8d)eht,  a  reasonable  pretext. 

311.    greif)etr3=brtefc,  cf.  244,  note.  —  9l£t,  i.  e.  @trcit=ajrt 

314.  Cf.  10,  note.  The  omission  of  both  inflectional  endings  is  rare 
and  highly  poetic. 

319.    Poetical  and  emphatic  for  ber  ungefyeure  $rteg. 

328.  Like  Portia  {Julius  C&sar,  II.,  1),  she  does  not  shun  even  a 
last  resort. 

331.  £erb  ttttb  £of  (oftener  §au§  ltnb  §of  ;  cf.  Eng.  house  and 
home)  is  one  of  those  alliterative  phrases,  so  common  in  German 
especially  in  conversation.  Cf.  ©elb  unb  ©Ut,  Wlann  ltnb  9ftau§,  £eib 
unb  £eben,  @tocf  Ultb  ©teirt,  etc.  Cf.  Eng.  'life  and  limb,'  'kith  and 
kin,'  '  hide  and  hair,'  '  stock  and  stone.' 

333  f .  f  tt^rT,  go,  used  here,  perhaps,  because  he  would  naturally  go 
by  boat ;  fat)reu  is  also  often  used  in  a  general  sense  for  geljen,  reifen. 
—  fteljttbett  $U$Z§  is  adverb,  gen.  Cf.  Lat.  abl.  absolute  stante  pede. 
Translate  at  once.  —  §t\X  SSalt^cr  Ofitrft,  Tell's  father-in-law;  accord- 
ing to  Tschudi  he  lived  in  Attinghausen.  Schiller  makes  him  a  citizen 
of  Altorf  (cf.  1539  ff.),  a  town  near  the  south  end  of  the  lake.  —  mxv, 
dat.  of  interest. 


ACT    I.       SCENE    2.  189 

336.  23fltttterl)errtt  (cf.  Eng.  banneret).  He  was  the  leader  of  the 
canton's  troops  in  battle,  a  nobleman  of  rank,  entitled  to  carry  the 
principal  banner.  3)er  gretfyerr  {Baron)  DOtl  2ltttngl)aitfen  is  an  his- 
torical character.  He  was,  according  to  Miiller,  a  prominent  Swiss 
nobleman,  chief  magistrate  of  Uri,  honored  for  his  manliness,  his  age 
and  wealth,  and  beloved  by  the  people  for  his  true,  unselfish  patriotism. 

339-    WatS  PfoQtn  (cf-  8«  9tote  gefyen,  287),  to  consult.  S 

341.  tOtit,  usually  meaning  'because,'  is  taken  here  in  its  old  sense 
of  bieraetf,  roafyrenb,  while. 

343.  ($0tte3=ljattfC,  He  means  the  monastery  of  St.  Meinrads- 
zell,  at  Einsiedeln,  not  far  from  Steinen;  founded,  tradition  says,  in  the 
ninth  century  by  Meinrad,  a  Hohenzollern  nobleman,  who  was  after- 
ward killed  there.  In  its  place  Otto  the  Great  built  (946  A.  D.)  the 
Benedictine  monastery  of  Einsiedeln,  which  is  still,  as  then,  a  great 
pilgrim  resort.     Cf.  520. 

346.    3U  fiu^erft  (lit. «  on  the  outside ')  am  offncit  $eer=tt>eg  (lit. 

'  army-road  '),  on  the  very  edge  of  the  open  highway. 

348.    $e3  2Bege3,  cf.  173,  note. 

This  interview  is  recorded  by  Tschudi,  whom  Schiller  follows  very 
closely,  sometimes  even  borrowing  quaint  words  and  expressions;  some 
passages  (228-234,  275-295)  are  but  poetical  translations  from  the 
chronicler's  account. 

*  trttt  28tl!)Clm  XtUt  etc.  While  Tell  and  Baumgarten  have  been 
coming  from  the  lake,  two  hours  distant,  the  reader  has  learned  the 
situation  at  Steinen,  the  end  of  their  journey;  their  reappearance  skil- 
fully weaves  the  two  scenes  together. 

351  f.  %$attV  bcr  SBcbrSttgtcn.  Here,  as  elsewhere  in  this  scene, 
Schiller  hints  at  Stauffacher's  qualities,  thus  gradually  developing  the 
character,  which  is  to  be  so  prominent  later  on.  —  Ijafct  ♦  ♦  ♦  DOUltutCU 
(=t)on  +  9?0ten,  dat.  pi.  of  9?0t,  'need'),  have  no  further  need  of  me. 

The  exposition  begun  in  Scene  1  is  continued.  Types  of  other  and 
higher  classes  of  Swiss  people  appear.  These,  too,  feel  the  tyrant's 
hand,  men  and  women  alike  resent  it,  and  though  calmer  and  more 
patient  under  it,  they  are  no  less  determined  to  resist. 


190  NOTES. 

ACT  I.     SCENE  3. 

Scenes  I  and  2  testify  to  the  tyranny  of  the  governors  in  two  of  the 
Forest  Cantons,  Unterwalden  and  Schwyz;  Scene  3  takes  us  to  a  third 
canton,  Uri,  and  to  still  further  evidence  of  it  there. 

*  fid)  barfteflt  (lit.  'presents  (shows)  itself),  can  be  seen. — 
*  .^anblaugcr  (from  tangert,  'reach'),  workmen;  cf.  Eng.  'hands.' 

*  3fr0tt=&ogt,  lit.  'master  of  grott(from  fro,  '  lord  ')arbett,'  i.  e.  of 
'  compulsory  labor,'  overseer. 

353.  tttdjt  laitg  Qefeiett,  don't  stop  so  long ;  impatient  commands, 
such  as  these  of  the  rough  overseer,  are  often  thus  expressed  by  the 
past  part.  (cf.  ^ngefaljrcn,  354)  or  by  the  infinitive.  —  £etBet,  com- 
pounds of  fjer  and  t)in  often  express  emphatic  command,  without  any 
verb.     Cf.  §terf)er,  '  come  here  ' !  §tnau8,  '  go  out ' ! 

357.  §Z\§t  ba§  gelabeit,  do  you  call  (or  is)  that  loaded? 

358.  *J$fli(f)t  fcefteljlett  (lit.  '  rob  duty  '),  shirk  work. 

360  f.  Xttriltg  (same  as  3^i«0r  37°) >  akin  to  $roingett,  <to  force,' 
'to  compel';  dungeon.  Older  chroniclers  locate  Zwing  Uri  near  Am- 
steg,  some  nine  miles  further  south;  Tschudi,  and  with  him  Schiller 
puts  it  in  Altorf.  —  foaS,  for  tt>arum. 

365.  ©ittgCtt)Ctb(e),  cf.  Eng.  'bowels  of  compassion';  feeling 
(Buchheim). 

368.  toa§  mctttC^  2httte3  (ift),  lit.  'what  belongs  to  my  office,'  i.e. 
my  duty ;  an  idiomatic  genitive.  As  Gessler's  servant  and  a  foreigner, 
the  overseer  had  no  sympathy  with  the  Swiss. 

373.     ttJOllt  ^fjVr  do  you  intend  to  (or  think  you  can). 

375.    itfcer  Tnattber  =  itber  einanber. 

*  XtU  ttttb  <Stauffad)er.  Tell,  having  rescued  Baumgarten  (349  ff.), 
is  on  his  way  home  to  Biirglen;  Stauffacher  goes  with  him  as  far  as 
Altorf,  where  he  expects  to  see  Walther  Fiirst  (cf.  ^^  f.).  The  scene 
passes,  therefore,  in  the  afternoon  of  the  same  day  as  Scenes  1  and  2. 

379  f.  l)fittTr  optative  subjunct.,  expressing  strong  wish,  fcttt, 
simple  inf.  without  311,  is  here  the  real  subject. 

382.     teller  ('cellar'),  dungeon.  — tv^t,  only.  —  gefeljtt  (Ijdttet). 

384.  ttidjt  fiirbcr  (cf.  Eng.  '  no  further  '),  never  .  .  .  again  ;  fitrbcr, 
allied  to  t)0r,  fort,  and  Eng.  '  further,'  is  really  an  old  comparative,  but 
now  obsolete. 


ACT    I.       SCENE    3.  191 

386.  fjfftttfett,  the  sharp-cornered,  often  V-shaped,  projections, 
which  strengthen  the  corners  of  a  fort  or  castle;  corners.  —  <&tvcbt 
(ftrebeit,  'strive,'  '  push ')£feiler  are  sloping  buttresses  supporting  the 
side  walls. 

391.  gfaftnadlt^aufpg,  carnival  procession.  Schiller  wrote  ga  fj* 
nad)t  *  modern  orthography  prefers  gafttmd)t.  It  is  the  day  before 
Lent,  i.  e. ■  Shrove  Tuesday.'  gaftrtadjt  (or  ga§rtad)t),  at  first  a '  night  of 
revel,' '  carnival,'  was  easily  confused  with  gaftrtadjt,  i.  e.  the  night  be- 
fore the  gaftert  (from  fctfkll,  'to  fast '),  Eng. ■  Lent,' because  the  carnival 
season  came  just  before  Lent.  —  bcr  $\\t.  In  judicial  meetings,  held 
on  the  market-place  and  presided  over  by  the  Wleiev  (cf.  1073),  a  hat 
(9Jfrter=l)Ut)  was  put  on  a  pole,  as  a  symbol  of  his  authority.  This  old 
custom  is  no  doubt  the  basis  of  the  fictitious  reference  here.  The 
9JMerl)ltt  has  here  become  the  archducal  hat  of  Austria  (i.  e.  the  Habs- 
burgs)  and  symbol  of  Gessler's  authority. 

394.     5lufricf)tCtt,  the  unusual  word  order  adds  great  emphasis. 

397.     gefrf)Cl)ett  (lit.  ■  happen '),  be  shown. 

401.  Serf  alien  tft,  etc.,  forfeited  with  life  and  goods  to  the  king  is 
he,  etc.  Note  the  highly  poetic  word-order.  —  Siihtig,  here,  as  often 
in  the  play,  for  $aifer,  i.  e.  Albrecht. 

408.     ttorf),  only.  —  fof  but. 

410.  ttber  bCttl  £l)r01t,  etc.  When  in  Switzerland,  Kaiser  Albrecht 
resided  at  <2>tetrt  flu*  33abert  (cf.  2966)  on  the  Limmat  inAargau;  it  was 
here  that  the  Swiss  fiefs  were  granted  and  that  the  ©efell  had  seen  the 
archducal  hat. 

412.  Obeisance  to  the  hat  would  have  meant  allegiance  to  the 
Habsburgs,  whereas  Uri  was  dependent  directly  and  only  on  the  Em- 
pire. 

414.  $iefef  background  (of  the  stage). 

415.  i.  e.  you  know  what  I  think.  The  last  part  of  a  conversation 
on  political  affairs  on  the  way  hither  from  Steinen. 

421.  $)te  Cttt^tgc  Xfyat,  etc.,  i.  e.  the  only  thing  they  can  do  is  to  be 
patient  and  silent.  These  terse  one-line  speeches,  in  striking  contrast  to 
each  other,  for  which  Schiller  found  his  model  in  Greek  tragedy,  greatly 
increase  the  dramatic  intensity  of  the  passage.     Cf.  also  below,  433  ff. 

423.  frfjltctf  has  here  its  original  meaning  bold,  rash.  Cf.  the  com- 
mon proverb,  (Seftrenge  ('  stem ')  Jperrett  regteren  rtid)t  fartge. 


192  NOTES. 

425  f .  This  is  still  custom,  indeed  law,  in  many  parts  of  Switzerland, 
especially  in  Uri. 

432  f.  Sattbe,  i.  e.  the  Forest  Cantons.  The  usual  £cirtber  implies 
different  countries,  the  old  and  poetic  £anbe  refers  rather  to  provinces 
of  the  same  country.  Cf.  Me  'iftteberlcmbe, '  the  Netherlands.'  —  f  ijtttttett, 
might  do;  pregnant  use  of  the  auxiliary  without  any  infinitive. — 
ftttttbeit,  old  form  for  ftcmbett. 

437.  A  remarkable  line.  Note  the  very  emphatic  position  of  %$tV' 
fcuttbett,  which  is  still  further  emphasized  by  the  strong  contrast  with 

atfeitt,  438. 

442.  foflte,  past  subj.,  implying  here  emphatic  denial,  and  would 
(you  think),  etc. 

446.  t§  fott  ait  ttttr  tttrfjt  fef)lett,  /  shall  not  be  found  wanting. 
The  occurrence  of  the  rhyme  in  this  passage  is  not  accidental;  Schiller 
uses  it  here,  and  often  in  this  and  other  plays  to  show  a  rise  of  emo- 
tion and,  as  an  element  of  lyric  expression,  to  add  further  emphasis  to 
an  already  important  passage,  often  at  the  end  of  an  act  or  scene. 

*  23ertl)a  (means  *  the  shining  one ')  dOH  93rimeff  (a  castle  in  Aar- 
gau)  is  a  fictitious  character,  represented  as  a  relative  of  Gessler,  and 
under  his  guardianship,  though  by  birth  herself  a  Swiss. 

451.  W\i  (£ttrem  @Mbe,  (i.  e.  do  you  expect  to  help)  with  your 
gold !  expresses  angry  contempt  of  the  idea  that  money  could  help  in 
such  a  case. 

Along  with  renewed  evidences  of  Habsburg's  tyranny  (371,  393  fT.), 
the  scene  shows  the  attitude  towards  it  of  still  other  and  larger  classes 
of  people  (artisans,  town  people).  Leading  citizens  begin  to  talk  of 
united  resistance.  Tell's  brief  reappearance  develops  further  his  char- 
acter as  a  man  slow  to  speak,  but  ready  to  act,  to  help  in  time  of  need. 

ACT  I.     SCENE  4. 

*  2Baltt)er  $itrfir3  aiming,  cf.  334,  note.— 5trmrfb  (called  turn 

9JZelli)tl)o(  from  his  home  in  the  Melch  valley,  in  Unterwalden  near 
Kerns;  see  map)  was  the  son  of  Heinrich  von  der  Halden  (cf.  562)  or 
better  an  der  Halden. 

467.    $em  frecfjen  Sufcett,  dat.  of  possession  with  gutger  (470) 

mirf  poss.  dat.  with  £)d)feit,     JBltbe   (lit.  *  boy ')  means  here,  in  a  bad 


ACT    I.       SCENE    4.  193 

sense  due  to  Melchthal's  mood,  fellow,  rascal;  in  471,  it  has  the  com- 
mon and  better  meaning,  servant.  Cf.  the  similar  degeneration  of 
meaning  in  Eng.  *  knave,'  originally  ■  boy  '  or  '  servant '  ($nabe, 
$nappe),  now  with  bad  sense.     Note  the  highly  poetic  order  of   tttif 

(467),  tticg  tooflre  trciben  (469)- 

471.     be3  %$0$t§,  not  Gessler's,  but  Landenberg's,  cf.  72,  281,  notes. 

474.  tt)te,  for  tttie  .  .  ♦  and),  however.  —  25u^er  usually  '  penance,' 
here  penalty.     Cf.  biiften,  178. 

481.     Ungcbhfjr  (lit.  'what  is  not  becoming'),  wrong. 

494.  bom  28alber  i-  e.  the  ^erntnatb  (1 197),  near  which  he  lived;  it 
divided  Unterwalden  into  two  parts :  ob  bem  SSatb  and  nib  bent  SBalb 
(cf.  546,  718). 

498.     i.  e.  help  each  other. 

502.  2Ba3  mtr  83ofe$  ftfjttJattt,  the  evil  I  fear  {anticipate). 
fd)tt)anen  (late  word  for  more  usual  afynen)  is  derived  from  ©d)tt>an, 
the  bird  of  prophecy. 

506.     tf|atr  ♦  .  ♦  fydtteit,  the  subj.  of  softened  assertion. 

508.  Stauffacher  has  reached  the  end  of  his  journey;  this  fixes  the 
date  of  Scene  4,  afternoon  of  same  day  as  in  Scenes  1,  2,  3.  Cf.  333, 
375*,  note. 

514.  Sielj  (interjectional  force),  mtr  ttltrb,  etc.,  Ah!  I  feel  so 
happy. 

520.  Cf.  343,  note.  2Bclf(fy(or  SBciff  cf)*)  fottb  is  Italy;  tnelfcf)  is 
also  a  generic  term  for  anything  not  German. 

522  f .  frtfrf},  a  favorite  word  in  %t%  here  direct.  —  ttirgcitb  fottft 
ttod),  very  emphatic,  nowhere  else  besides. 

525.  erftauitltd)(e8,  cf.  10,  314,  notes)  itetteS  233erf,  i.  e.  the 
3hring  Uri  (370). 

529.  SJlcnfdjcmbenfen,  for  more  usual  2ftenfd)engebenfen,  within 
the  memory  of  man. 

532.  (£ttdj  toerljalten  (for  oorentljalten  or  oerfdjtneigen),  keep  from 
you. 

538.  tum  nX-aUtV$  ))tXtfrom  the  earliest  times;  ut>Ctlter8  is  ad- 
verbial gen.,  cf.  Eng.  from  of  old.  The  phrase,  usually  DOll  altera  \)tX, 
is  strengthened  by  the  prefix  ur-,  which  denotes  original  (early)  source. 

541-2.  trieb,  tretben,  here  in  different  senses,  trteb,  cf.  62,  17, 
note,     tretben,  to  act,  carry  on. 


194  NOTES. 

550  ff.  bet  (i.  e.  Baumgarten)  l)au3=l)alt  ('lives'),  the  wife  of  B. 
who  lives  .  .  .  he  most  shamefully  insulted.  The  order  is  very  poetic. 
bcr  9Jlattttf  her  husband. 

554.  bcfdjcibeit,  usually  'modest,'  here  in  older  sense,  'experi- 
enced,' hence  prudent,  discreet. 

555  f.  \>od)  implies  affirmative  answer,  is  he  not?  —  (Sibflnt,  for 
prose  ©djnnegerfofyn.  —  itbent  =  iiber  ben.    Cf.  349  ff. 

564.     $Ut  tDa§  (=  ettt»a§),  is  zvorth  something  {has  weight). 

566.     bitfiftc,  punished ;  here  active,  in  1 78,  474  passive  in  sense. 

570.    ttiic  fteljtr3  um  ben,  what  about  him  ? 

573-  3U*  ©telle  frfjaffeit,  etc.,i.  e.  demanded  of  him  that  he  should 
bring  the  son  before  him  (Landenberg) ;  fd)llffctt,  in  the  sense  of  get, 
produce. 

576.  $ft  tttif,  etc.  Note  the  strong  ellipsis  (he  cries)  marking 
Stauffacher's  rising  emotion. 

585.    wvx  mcincr  ©tfjulb   (nriHen).    Cf.  465.     Notice  the  now 

changed  feeling,  and  especially  the  climax  <3d)ltlb  —  fjf CtJCl ;  also  the 
"  eloquent  tautology  "  bttttb  —  geblettbet* 

589.  <B(tymtV$tn§  is  old  gen.  for  more  common  ©rfjmergeg.  In  this 
account  of  Landenberg's  insolence  and  cruelty  Schiller  has  followed 
Tschudi  quite  closely,  especially  465-500,  560-578. 

594.     fiiljlenb,  feeling  his  way. 

596.  ttmrme3  ®riitt,  the  rich  green.  —  <5tf)mel5,  lit.  '  enamel,'  re- 
fers to  the  fine  glossy  appearance  of  Alpine  flowers.  —  btC  XOtttt  ffivttttl, 
i.  e.  red  from  the  '  Alpine  Glow.'  The  reflected  rays  of  the  sun,  below 
the  horizon,  morning  and  evening,  often  color  the  snow  peaks  a  deep, 
rich  red,  while  the  valleys  are  quite  dark. 

600.  frifdje  SlUgett,  good  eyes.  This  whole  passage  (590-603)  is 
famous  for  its  lofty  poetic  tone;  this  effect  is  further  increased  by  the 
very  unusual  and  poetic  word-order  of  ftdj  593,  bcr  fatten,  ber 
SBIumen  596,  2)ie  girnen  597. 

614.  cmf  ettoaS  benfen  has  reference  to  the  future,  an  ettt)a8  benfen 
to  the  present  or  past  (cf.  618). 

623  f .     ttemt,  etc.,  if  I  can  only,  etc. 

626  i.  5luf  ♦  ♦  ♦  ^errenbttrg,  in  his  lordly  castle ;  in  Sarnen,  the 
chief  town  in  Ob  bem  SBctlb.  —  $QVtl§,  poetic  use  of  gen.  with  fpotten. 


ACT  I.      SCENE   4.  195 

Notice  also  the  remarkably  poetic  order  Uttb  tt)of)ntT  ♦  .  ♦  tdj  tnarf)C 
(emphatic,  poetic  change  from  subj.  to  indie). 

629  f.  ©djretfljont,  3uttgfrauf  two  of  the  highest  peaks  in  the 
Bernese  Oberland;  in  Schiller's  time  considered  inaccessible.  —  tier* 
fdlleiert,  i.  e.  by  clouds. 

640.     auf  f Citteitt  ®tyfel  (lit.  '  summit '),  at  its  worst. 

646.  Sebettt  SBefctt,  dat.  of  recipient,  cf.  149,  note.  Note  also  the 
use  of  ttmrb  (aorist)  instead  of  rourbe  (imperfect). 

647.  9fJot(<need,'  '  distress  ')gettie^r  ('weapon'),  means  of  de- 
fense,    ©etrjefyr,  now  usually  *  musket,'  '  rifle  ' ;   from  toefyrett,  '  prevent,' 

'ward  off,'  hence  '  defend.'     Cf.  ^otft>el)r,  440,  £ctnbrue()r,  '  militia.' 

648.  ftellt  jitf)  ('  places  himself),  stands  at  bay. 

653  f .  Note  the  ace.  idiom,  utttcr£  Sod).  —  gcrci^t,  elliptical  con- 
dition. 

655.  belt  SBolfett  $U,  i.  e.  towards,  etc.  In  poetry  the  preposition 
often  follows  its  noun. 

659.  bte  altett  iSBitttbC,  the  ancient  compacts  which  united  Uri, 
Schwyz  and  Unterwalden  in  a  league,  renewed  in  1291.  Stauffacher 
speaks  for  himself  and  his  canton. 

666  f .  £attb£gentetttbe  is  the  assembly  or  canton  council,  a  general 
open-air  meeting  of  all  the  voters  of  a  canton  to  decide  important 
questions.  Such  meetings  are  still  held  once  a  year  in  several  of  the 
cantons.  —  9ftd)t,  construe  with  Deradjtet  —  erlebte  =  ertebt  fyabe. 

675.  eittf),  dat.  of  interest.  —  eljre .  ,  ,  beumdjC,  subj.  implying  pur- 
pose;  who  shall,  etc. 

682.  Tschudi  makes  the  father  a  wealthy,  influential  man,  firm  in 
his  allegiance  to  the  empire,  as  against  the  grasping  house  of  Habsburg 
(Austria),  (cf.  184  f.).  He  had  thus  embittered  Landenberg  and 
called  down  the  tyrant's  vengeance  upon  his  head.  Fiirst  and  Stauf- 
facher, having  done  the  same,  were  equally  ■  guilty  '  and  liable  to  pun- 
ishment. 

686.  bet  4?ert  UOtt  Stttineit  lived  near  a  village  of  the  same  name, 
below  Altorf  on  the  Gotthard  road,  see  map;  a  tower  of  the  old  castle 
still  remains. 

693.  £$*£  (=  toanun,  360,  note)  braudjtr£,  etc.,  lit.  'why  is 
there  need';   what  need  is  there  of  the  nobles.     His  distrust  is  due  to 


196  NOTES. 

the  fact  that  the  younger  nobility,  represented  by  Rudenz,  sided  with 
Austria.     Cf.  Act  II.,  Scene  I. 

695.  293drctt  (opt.  subj.  expressing  strong  wish)  tOlt  bod)  (em- 
phatic, only)  itUcitt,  i.  e.  if  there  were  no  nobles. 

700.  CtttftdjClt,  usually  *  arise,'  *  grow  out  of;  here,  (to  stand  away 
from)  to  fail,  be  lacking. 

702.     Cbtnamt,  i.  e.  arbitrator,  impartial  judge. 

718.  bet  5t(gcUerr  *  the  man  from  Alzellen '  (cf.  Eng.  *  New 
Yorker,'  218,  note)  is  Baumgarten.  —  nib  (cf.  Eng.  'neath)  betttSBalb, 
the  northern  and  lower  part  of  Unterwalden.     Cf.  494,  546. 

722.     See  map  and  introductory  note  to  Act  I.,  Scene  I. 

726.     SUtytljettfteitt,  cf.  39,  note.  —  grab  itbcr,  fust  opposite. 

728.  9itttli  (long  it),  a  small  meadow-clearing,  below  Seelisberg, 
some  ten  minutes  from  the  lake.  Another  form  is  ©riitti  ;  both  are 
derived  from  riitett,  Swiss  for  reutett  (au§»reuten),  'to  root  out.'  The 
diminutive  @riitlt,  really  collective  in  sense,  would  be  North  German 
®(e)=reut4etn,  i.  e.  a  little  clearing  in  the  woods;  the  same  root  ap- 
pears in  many  names  of  places,  2Senuge=robe,  £3at)*reutlj. 

737.  gcmcinfom  (together)  ba3  (Sememe  (common  good)  is  very 
emphatic. 

741.  je^fl,  old  form  of  je^t.  Schiller  very  skillfully  selects  just 
these  three  for  this  personal  compact,  which  typifies  the  union  of  the 
brct  £anbe  ;  not  only  does  each  represent  a  different  canton  (Fiirst, 
Uri;  Stauffacher,  Schwyz;  Melchthal,  Unterwalden),  but  each  is  also  a 
type  of  different  age  and  character;  Melchthal  is  young  and  hot- 
headed, Stauffacher  mature  and  deliberate,  Fiirst  old  and  over-cautious. 
All  three  have,  directly  or  indirectly,  felt  the  tyrant's  hand. 

744.     51s  (&ti)Kt}  ttttb  Xvutl,  for  defense  and  defiance. 

748.  This  use  of  signal  fires  on  mountain  tops  is  very  old;  Caesar 
mentions  them  repeatedly;   so  also  Aeschylus  in  Aga?nemnon. 

752.  ttttb  fyett,  etc.,  and  bright  shall  day  dawn  in  thy  darkness. 
Here,  as  often,  the  rhyme  is  used  with  fine  effect  in  closing  the  scene 
(cf.  446,  note)  and  marking  the  climax  here  in  MelchthaPs  determina- 
tion. Note  also  the  dramatic  skill  with  which  Melchthal's  changing 
moods  —  grief,  590  ff.,  giving  way  to  wrath,  615  ff.,  and  then  to  resolve, 
745  fT.  —  are  portrayed. 


act  n.      SCENE   I.  197 

The  scene,  still  a  part  of  the  exposition  of  the  play,  shows  that,  along 
with  the  increasing  cruelty  of  the  governors,  the  love  of  liberty  is  also 
growing.  The  distress  of  individuals  has  spread  over  every  district  and 
class  of  pepole.  Efforts  of  individual  defense  have  led  to  plans  for 
united  resistance.  The  very  uncertain  issue  excites  keenest  interest. 
This  struggle  for  liberty  is  to  be  the  theme  of  the  play. 


ACT  II.     SCENE  I. 

The  scene  passes,  according  to  Tschudi,  in  the  morning  of  Nov.  8, 
1307,  ten  days  after  the  events  of  Act  I. 

*  gfreifjerr  (same  as  23aroit,  Baron,  a  rank  of  nobility  just  below 
®raf,  Count)  t)0tt  9ftttltgl)aufett.  Cf.  336,  note.  Ruins  of  his  castle, 
near  Attinghausen,  are  still  shown  to  tourists.  In  1240,  while  still  a 
boy,  he  fought,  Schiller  says,  at  Faenza  (cf.  912,  note);  in  1301,  as 
Landammann  of  Uri,  he  was  cantonal  ambassador  to  Emperor  Albrecht. 
His  extreme  age  here  (85  years)  is  fictitious;  Schiller  makes  him  old 
enough  to  have  been  at  Faenza  in  order  to  have  him  contemporary  with 
the  charters  of  Friedrich  II.,  the  basis  of  Swiss  liberty.  —  ftltOtti,  cf.  37. 
—  sJ{crJ)CU  Itttb  ©eitfeit.  Though  the  grass  in  the  Swiss  valleys  is  often 
cut  quite  late,  November  is  too  late  for  hay-making  in  the  Alps;  the 
point  escaped  the  poet's  attention.  Cf.  also  1914.  —  lUrtcf)  t)0tt  sJiUbC!t(^f 
a  fictitious  character  invented  to  embody  and  express  the  opinions  of 
the  younger  Swiss  nobility.  Chroniclers  mention  the  name,  Rudenz, 
among  the  Riitli  confederates. 

755.  ^riif^tntttf  (lit.  *  early  drink'),  an  unusual  word,  after  the 
analogy  of  griif)=ftucf  ('breakfast'),  meaning  a  morning  draught  of 
wine  or  2ftoft,  prepared  from  the  juice  of  fruits  or  berries.  The  pas- 
sage aptly  illustrates  the  patriarchal  relation  existing  between  master 
and  servant. 

762  f .  itt  CltflCr  ♦  ♦  ♦  eitcjcmt,  etc.,  in  ever  narrowing  circle.  No- 
tice that  only  the  second  of  these  comparatives  has  the  inflection,  which 
really  belongs  to  both. 

766.  3d)  &riltgT3  (the  draught)  (Surf),  I  pledge  you  {drink  your 
health).  —  Q£3  geljt  {comes),  etc.,  i.  e.  we  drink  from  one  cup  and  feel 
with  one  heart.  —  f rtf dj,  i.  e.  without  any  hesitation  or  misgiving. 


198  NOTES. 

773-  $<*ft  &Ur3  fo  eUtfJ,  are  you  in  such  a  hurry.  Cf.  eittg  fcin 
and  (Site  fyauen. 

779.  ^«r  ^rCtttbC,  a  strange  place ;  with  toerbett  the  pred.  noun  is 
often  in  dat.  after  311.  —  Ult,  Swiss  dimin.  from  U(rtd).  Cf.  ©eppi, 
etc.,  35*,  note. 

781.  trcigft  ♦  ♦  .  JUt  Srfjatt,  make  proud  show  of.  —  fdjlfigft,  here 
throw.  The  silk  costume,  the  peacock's  feather  and  the  purple  mantle 
all  indicate  attachment  to  the  Austrian  court.  Attinghausen,  a  type  of 
the  older  nobility,  prefers  the  Swiss  ^efjttmmmS. 

787.  Albrecht  was  not  only  Emperor  ($cttfer,  801,  or  $omg,  as  they 
were  once  called,  788)  of  Germany,  but  also  Duke  of  Austria,  then  a 
Habsburg  possession;  in  the  latter  capacity  and  as  a  Habsburg  Count 
he  claimed  authority  over  the  Forest  Cantons,  a  claim  resented  by  the 
Swiss  who  insisted  on  being  dependent  only  on  the  Empire,  and  had 
thereby  incurred  his  anger.     See  Introduction,  pp.  xix,  xxi. 

799.  foftCtC  —  tuiirbc  foftett.  Namely,  to  acknowledge  Habsburg- 
Austria's  authority.     Cf.  787,  note. 

802  f.  Mugcit  IjaltCtt  (for  gutjattett),  keep  the  people's  eyes  closed.  — 
$>U$  C3  (they),  etc.,  so  that  they  resist  their  true  good  (lit.  'best'). 
The  reproach  is,  of  course,  intended  for  his  uncle. 

805.     On  the  use  of  rtidjt  after  l)trtbern,  cf.  253,  note. 

807  ff.  ^errettfcattf,  the  nobles'  bench  in  public  meetings,  to  which, 
however,  chosen  peasants  then  had  equal  rights  with  noblemen.  The 
Waldstatte  thus  in  large  measure  ruled  themselves,  since  the  Emperor 
was  too  far  away  to  make  his  authority  much  felt  (809). 

812.  tPctfott  (like  Lat.  persona)  here  in  original  sense,  charactert 
personage. 

814.  The  £anb=(tmmamt  (from  2lmt=marm,  *  official,'  *  magistrate ') 
was  the  chief  magistrate  in  a  canton,  chosen  once  a  year  by  all  the  cit- 
izens. —  SBamterljerrtt,  cf-  33&>  note. 

826  f.  SBanettt=abel  fdjelteit  (Ht.  'scold'),  nickname  us  the  peas- 
ant nobility.  —  Wltyt  tttvatf  td)T3,  etc.  Albrecht  was  often  at  war; 
thus  against  Rudolf  of  the  Palatinate  (1301),  Wenzel  of  Bohemia 
(1304),  Friedrich  of  Thiiringen  (1307). 

841.  Notice  the  remarkable  force  of  these  imperatives  (so  also  in 
855)  and  the  deep  emotion  in  the  contrast:  ®el)  l)ttt  (855)  and  ®e!) 
nitfjt  (860). 


ACT   II.      SCENE    I.  199 

844  f .  £eim  fefjtten,  yearn  for  home.  —  £erbett=reU)ett  {herd- 
song),  etc.;  a  loving  reference  to  the  same  $ul)=retf)en,  of  which  Ru- 
denz  speaks  with  such  contempt  in  838.  The  Switzer's  home-sickness 
(cf.<3(f)mer5e!t3=fel)ltfuii)t,  847),  on  hearing  the  $ul)mf)en  in  a  foreign 
land,  is  proverbial;  we  are  told  even  that  it  was  forbidden  on  pain  of 
death  to  play  it  before  certain  Swiss  regiments,  stationed  in  France,  lest 
they  should  become  so  home-sick  as  to  desert  in  a  body. 

848.     Mr  anHittgt,  strikes  your  ear. 

853.     Xttgenbett  {virtues)  here  ironical. 

862.  be*  Se^te,  by  poetic  license  only;  historians  say  that  the 
family  lived  on  for  several  generations.  Schiller  made  him  the  last  of 
his  race  here,  in  order  to  heighten  the  dramatic  effect. 

866.  brcrfjCltb  5ltt0,e,  lit.  *  breaking  eye,'  Eng.  idiom  demands  '  clos- 
ing eye  ';  you  are  only  waiting  for  my  eyes  to  close  in  death. 

868.  That  is,  having  given  the  estates  to  Austria,  to  receive  them 
again,  in  feudal  tenure,  as  an  Austrian  subject.     fret,  as  a  freeman. 

871.  $)ie  SBeft  flCljort  tfjm.  In  accordance  with  their  title  as 
Roman  Emperors  they  claimed  the  whole  world;   cf.  266,  note. 

875  ff.  The  chroniclers  say  that  Albrecht  had  control  of  the  mar- 
kets of  Luzern  and  Zug,  and  that  he  gave  the  tolls,  collected  on  the 
Gotthard,  to  his  sons.  The  Gotthard  is  the  watershed  dividing 
Switzerland  from  northern  Italy. 

878.  feineit  fiattbcrit,  i.  e.  belonging  to  him,  not  as  Emperor,  but 
as  Count  of  Habsburg  and  Duke  of  Austria.  So  below  (880  f.),  careful 
distinction  must  be  made  between  <Keid)  and  Dftreidj.  The  cantons 
sought  the  protection  of  the  Empire  and  wished  to  be  dependent  di- 
rectly and  only  upon  it  (reid)8=unmittelbar).  It  was  the  growing, 
grasping  power  of  Habsburg- Austria,  that  they  feared  (cf.  787,  note). 
The  fact  that  Albrecht  was  both  Emperor  and  Duke  of  Austria  compli- 
cated matters  all  the  more.     See  Introduction,  pp.  xix,  xxi. 

883.    233a3  ift  5U  gebett,  what  faith  is  to  be  put  in. 

885.  9lbler3,  i.  e.  SfteidjSaMer,  imperial  eagle.  —  Derailment,  alien- 
ate  from.  All  this  was  only  too  true;  it  happened  repeatedly  that  im- 
portant rights  and  privileges,  towns,  estates,  even  whole-provinces,  were 
thus- mortgaged  and  alienated  from  the  Empire.  Ludvvig  von  Baiern 
and  Adolf  von  Nassau  both  pawned  their  possessions  thus,  to  get  money. 

890.     i.  e.  by  election.     Cf.  193,  note. 


200  NOTES. 

892  f .    tooljl  nerbteneu  urn  (prose  prefers  ftd)  rjerbient  madjen  um), 

cf.  English  idiom  *  to  deserve  well  of;  to  gain  the  favor  of. —  fyctj^t, 
means,   is.  —  \\\   (for)   bte  ^Nfuttft,  i.  e.  to  be  reaped  in  future. 

897  f.     Cf.  Pfeifer  von  Luzern's  opinion,  184  ff.,  note. 

901.  §orf)=fmg  1Mb  §0d)=ge=tt)Ube  (commoner  §od)ttnlb),  collect- 
ives denoting  all  larger  game,  bird  and  beast.  —  txutltClt  ('put  under 
the  ban  '),  forbid  the  hunting  of  i.  e.  to  all  except  the  nobility. 

904  f .  mit  Ultfrcr  9lrmilt,  resulting  from  this  taxation.  —  Wit 
Uttferm  JBlltte,  etc.,  i.  e.  fight  their  battles  with  (the  help  of)  Swiss 
troops,  which  was  really  often  done.     Cf.  911  f.,  1229  ff. 

912.  gaUCUS  (German  form  of  gaett$a),  in  North  Italy,  near  Ra- 
venna. In  1240,  in  his  war  with  the  Pope,  Friedrich  II.  was  besieging 
the  town.  Seeing  their  opportunity,  the  Swiss  sent  him  a  detachment 
of  600  men,  on  condition  that  he  grant  them  a  charter  attesting  their 
dependence  only  on  the  Empire;  this  he  did  (1240)  in  view  of  the 
excellent  service  rendered  (see  Introduction,  p.  xx).  Attinghausen's 
presence  is  not  authentic.     Cf.  introductory  note  to  this  scene. 

913-     StC  fatten  fommett,  let  them  come  ! 

920.     -M  btr  ftel)t,  stands  by  you. 

922.  2)ic  angcbontCIt  SattbC,  i.  e.  those  natural  ties  binding  him 
to  his  own  country  and  people. 

936.  $a£  JJtaulCttt,  originally  applied  only  to  young  ladies  of  rank, 
is  a  term  of  great  respect  here.  Cf.  Wtttcrfrtinidtt  (939),  i.  e.  maid  of 
noble  birth. 

940  ff.  Bertha  also  tells  him  this,  cf.  1663-1673.  $ehter  Uttfefjltlb, 
i.  e.  for  you,  unsuspecting,  simple-hearted  fellow. 

943.     ©eljafct  (£ltdj  tt>of)l  (old  for  2ebt  roofyl),  Farewell. 

945.    erfyalten,  for  guriitMjaUen. 

955.  Note  the  peculiar  compound  aiti)tV§  (adverb)  beufeitbc^ 
(partic.  adj.). 

958.     gettWltet  Ultb  gelefct,  lived  and  labored. 

The  scene  introduces  two  new  and  important  characters,  intended  as 
types  of  the  older  and  younger  native  Swiss  nobility  in  their  attitude 
towards  the  Waldstatte  and  towards  Habsburg-Austria.  As  part  of 
the  exposition,  it  really  belongs  in  Act  I.  (Cf.  Introduction,  pp.  xxxvf.) 
It  brings  out  strongly  the  contrast  between  the  united  people  (Act  I.) 
and  the  divided  nobles,  between  the  pomp  of  Austria  and  the  patriarchal 


ACT   It.       SCENE    2.  201 

simplicity  of  old  Swiss  life.  In  the  conflict  between  55oI!  and  SBogte, 
as  presented  in  Act  I.,  this  scene  develops  a  new  clement  of  danger  to 
the  cause  of  the  people  —  the  adherence  of  the  younger  nobility  to 
Austria  —  and  renders  the  already  uncertain  issue  even  more  doubtful. 

ACT   II.     SCENE  2. 

*  (Sine  293tefe,  the  Riitli;  cf.  728,  note.  According  to  Tschudi,  the 
scene  passes  in  the  night  of  Nov.  8,  1307. 

*  sJJlonb=rCgCU=bogCltf  moon-rainbow,  a  rare  phenomenon  (978  f.) ; 
Scheuchzer  mentions  one,  however,  seen  Oct.  31,  1705. 

*  ^rofpeft,  here  background. —  *  293iltfclrieb,  etc.  Besides  Melch- 
thal  and  Baumgarten,  Schiller  has  chosen  such  names  as  occur  in  the 
chronicles  or  other  Swiss  documents.  —  iBiUjd,  lit.  *  hill';  gflue,  nt* 
*  rocky  wall ';   so  also  below,  987  f. 

960  f.  mir  Had)  (idiom  omits  the  verb) ,  follow  me  !  —  %V\  3*el3, 
etc.,  the  ©eelt^berg,  at  the  foot  of  which  the  Riitli  lies. 

965.  g>CUCr=ttMd)tcrf  a  little  more  poetic  than  sJted)t»tt)au)ter.  — 
©eelt^berg,  village  high  up  on  the  mountain  just  mentioned. 

967.  2JZetten(from  '  [hora]  matutina,'  Eng.  ■  matins  ')=fllufflctlt, 
matin  bell;  signal  for  early  morning  prayer  in  the  hermit's  2$$alb= 
fttpcllc  on  the  Schwyz  shore. 

970.     $el)U  ♦  ♦  ,  $imbcu,  etc.,  subjunct.  as  softened  imperative. 

972.  3RottbeiMtad)t,  also  9ftonb=nad)t.  Sttonbcn  is  the  old  weak 
gen.  sg.  for  3Roubcd  (977),  cf.  ©onneiufdjein. 

983.  lafyt  fid)  ttttfjt  ,  .  ,  CM)  attest  (here  in  passive  sense),  be  long 
waited  for  y  i.  e.  does  not  delay. 

985  f.  fteit  ltm=gcljCtt  (here  the  separable  um'»gel)en),  go  azvay 
round.  —  &uubfd)aft  (lit.  'intelligence,'  abstract  fur  concrete  $unb* 
jdjafter,  spies)  J)iutet(jel)cn  (the  insep.  Ijintetge'Ijen,  elude). 

993-  @Jcfd)elltte£  does  not  refer  to  \Xbel,  but  is  abstract;  what  has 
been  done. 

996  ff.    fut  (bie)  gemeiite  ©adi(e).  —  ottirfeit,  snares. 

999.     (Bitre'tmett   (elsewhere,  and  better,  @lt'rertert),  a  lofty  ridge 
in  Unterwalden;   the  Surenen  pass  leads  from  Altorf  to  Engelberg. 
1001  f.     &dmmer=geier  (lit.  lambs-vulture),  the  largest  of  European 


202  NOTES. 

birds  of  prey;   now  extinct  in  Switzerland.  —  5ltyett=trtft  (from  tretbeit, 
'drive,'  cf.  62,  17,  note),  Alpine  pasture. 

1005  f .     (SHetfdjer  3}lild)f    dirty-white  water    from    the  glaciers.  — 

9iunfen  (ber  flirts  or  tie  9iunfe,  Swiss  for  9ftrtnfai,  akin  to  rumen, 

'run  '  (of  water),  gullies,  channels,  cut  by  the  little  glacier  streams. 

1007.  etltfamcn,  the  herdsman  had  gone  down  into  the  valleys  for 
the  winter;   cf.  15  ff.,  62  ff. 

1012.  frumittC  (£l)r=furd)t  (lit.  'pious  reverence'),  kindly  sym- 
pathy. 

1014.    entritftet,  construe  with  grabcn  {honest)  Seetetu  —  sJicgi= 

IttCttt,  i.  e.  the  tyranny  of  Landenberg  and  others. 

1022.  tragCIt  (for  ertrageit),  tolerate;  note  the  emphatic  and 
poetic  word-order,  so  also  1029,  -sfijfl^  Q\lti),  etc. 

1035.     SiBcttent  (fit*  '  cousins'),  relatives,  connections. 

1043  f.  $rutttmer  for  metrical  reason  instead  of  commoner  $riim* 
truing.  Cf.  712.  —  id)  ftw!)tT  c$  a\\$,  for  baji  id)  e3  iiirfjt  aii§fpal)te. 
Two  constructions  confused:  3ebe§  Xl)ci\,  a ud)  fo  uerftccft,  id)  tyat)t'  e§ 
au8  ;  and  fein  £l)al  roar  fo  t»erftectt,  baft  id)  e§  nid)t  ausjpaljte.  Such 
confusion  is  not  uncommon  both  in  Eng.  and  German.  Cf.  coll.  Eng. 
1  it  is  not  so  heavy,  but  what  I  can  carry  it '  (for :  '  that  I  cannot 
carry  it'). 

105 1 .     (jebcn,  yield,  produce. 

1057.    ilioperg  unb  ©amen,  cf.  78,  626,  notes. 

1072.  fcttllte,  past  subj.  interrogative  form,  with  exclamatory  force, 
who  wouldn't  know  you  !  (i.  e.  *  would  say  he  did  not ')  ;  it  is  akin  to 
subj.  of  indirect  discourse.     Cf.  442,  note. 

1073  f.  9Jlcirr  DOtt  ©amen,  lit.  overseer  (in  charge  of  rents  and 
other  business  of  farm  or  monastery)  of  Sarnen.  The  office  being  often 
hereditary,  the  title  became,  in  time,  the  name  of  the  family.  —  ©tntt!) 
tJOlt  SSinfcirieb*  Schiller  makes  him  a  descendent  of  the  famous 
Winkelried,  who,  the  chroniclers  say,  was  knighted  for  bravery  before 
Favenz  (1240)  ;  afterwards,  banished  for  murder,  he  expiated  his  guilt 
by  killing  a  dragon  at  Dbroetler  (lit.  ■  deserted  village'),  near  $ftof}berg, 
but  was  himself  killed  by  the  dragon's  poisonous  blood,  which  touched 
him. 

1078  f.  (5tvaM§,  here  struggle.—  Ijtnterttt  2® alb,  beyond  the 
Kernwald,  in  Ob  bem  28dlb. 


ACT    II.       SCENE    2.  203 

1081.  CtgttC  SeittC,  (people,  who  are  another's  owii)  bondmen*  cf. 
£eib=eigene  and  mit  bem  ifctbc  Jjfitdjtig  {subject),  1085. 

1083.     mot)(  bentfCtt,  well  spoken  of. 

1087.  History  mentions  an  Itel  (Ital)  Reding,  Landammann  of 
Schwyz  about  1428.     %\t{—  bcr  a\tt,  former,  £jr-)gattbammamt. 

1090  f.  It  is  a  fine  dramatic  touch  to  thus  make  them  bury  personal 
hostility  for  the  sake  of  the  common  cause. 

1092.  The  battle  horn,  made  of  the  horn  of  the  Auerox  (Ur=od)*) 
whence  the  name,  Urt. 

*  The  impetuous  Melchthal  is  the  first  to  arrive,  then  Stauffacher, 
while  the  old  and  over-anxious  Eiirst  comes  last.  Skillfully  does  Schil- 
ler indicate  their  character  by  the  order  of  their  coming. 

1097.  Qcv  3t(jriftr  the  sacristan,  sexton. 

1098.  The  ever  grateful  Baumgarten  looks  in  vain  for  his  deliverer, 
Tell.  He  is  absent  for  good  reason.  A  man  of  deeds  not  words,  he 
wished  to  be  left  out  of  their  deliberations;  cf.  441-446.  Schiller  had 
dramatic  reasons,  also,  for  his  absence.  Cf.  the  character-sketch  of 
Tell  in  the  Introduction,  p.  xxxiii  f. 

1 103.  fOttltCtt-frijCU,  lit.  '  sun-shy.'  SoimCU  is  here  really  an  old 
gen.  sing.,  not  pi.  Cf.  also  1 108.  Compounds  (of  nouns  and  adjs.) 
with  it  and  other  similar  genitives  are  common  (972,  note).  Cf.  <2>01t= 
iten4id)t,  (*rbeu=ftnb,  graueu4iobe. 

1 106  f.     @Hetd)tt)te  .  ♦  ♦  Stfjofj  be*?  %a$C$,  lit.  'as  the  radiant  open 
lap,'  etc.   (note  the  contrast  with  1102),  as   bright,  open  daylight. — 
£a%V$  gilt  fcitt    (lit.    'let  it   be  well';    Eng.   'let   that   do'),  never 
mind.  —  <&oU  (fonimen).     Cf.  the  well-known  proverb  : 
d§  ift  ntrf)t3  fo  fein  gejponnen, 
'§  fommt  bod)  ctn§  2tcf)t  bcr  Sonncn. 

1109.  @tb=gcnoffcn  (lit.  '  oath-companions'),  confederates.  "The 
Swiss  Confederacy  "  is  still  called  bic  <2d)mei,3erifd)e  (Sibgenoffenfdjaft. 

1 1 12  f.  tagcit,  unlike  tagen  ('  dawn')  in  752,  means  here  to  hold 
a  meeting,  deliberate.  Cf.  9ietd)34ag,  the  German  Parliament,  English 
Diet;  also  the  terms,  'adjourn'  and  'sine  die.'  —  lute  ttltrr3  (ref.  to 
tagen),  etc.,  as  we  are  accustomed  to  do. 

1 1 14.  It  was  unconstitutional  in  three  points;  they  numbered  only 
33  (1 120),  they  met  at  night  (1 1 19),  they  had  no  statute-books  (1122). 
Cf.  666,  £cmb8gemetnbe,  note. 


204  NOTES. 

1119.  3f*  ♦  ♦  .  flfeid)  =  0r>gfeirf)  (e8)  IJt  Inversion;  so  also  1120, 
1 1 22.  —  (CUd)tctf  gives  light. 

1 1 24  ff.     In  such  meetings  the  Landammann  sat  on  a  low  platform, 
two  large  swords,  symbols  of  his  authority  (&d)\OCVttV  bcr  ($CWalt,  • 
1 1 25),  were  stuck  in  the  ground  before  him,  two  officials  (298flil)Cl) 
stood  near  (1127)  to  announce  his  decisions  to  the  people,  gathered 
around  the  sJii\\Q  within  which  he  sat  (1 124).     Note  the  poetic  position 

of  auf , 

1 13 1.  fret,  i.  e.  of  their  own  accord.  Self  is  forgotten  for  the  sake 
of  the  common  cause. 

1 135  ff.  Wumc^itgCH,  the  state-journeys  to  Rome,  made  by  the 
newly  elected  German  emperors,  in  order  to  be  crowned  by  the  Pope  as 
head  of  the  Holy  Roman  Empire  (cf.  266,  note).  The  Swiss;  as  vas- 
sals, furnished  their  part  of  the  great  procession;  cf.  1229  ff.  — 1>£§ 
<Sd)t»ertc3  (cf.  n  25)  ($!)re,  i.  e.  let  Schwyz  have  the  president. — 
fciltC^  (2tammc3,  Schwyz  was  traditionally  the  canton  first  settled  (cf. 
1 167-1203,  especially  11 88  ff.),  giving  name  to  the  whole  country  (bte 
©cf)tt)eig)  and  people  ((Stfjraeijer) ;  these  are  but  later,  15th  century, 
forms  of  ©d)lt)t)3  and  @(f)rot)$er,  which  are  still  used  in  Swiss  dialect. 

1 146.     %a$t§  (cf.  11 12,  note)  $anpt,  i.  e.  President  of  the  meeting. 

1 15 1.     Note  the  exalted  and  poetic  solemnity  of  Reding's  address. 

1 155  ff.  Each  speaker  stepped  into  the  ring  and  faced  the  pre- 
sident or  judge;  cf.  1 1 24,  note. —  Utalt  23itttbttt£  may  mean  the  league 
of  1 29 1,  or,  perhaps,  an  older  one  (A.  D.  1246-7). 

1160.     ttttb,  and  though. 

1 163.  ttt  belt  Stebertt,  i.  e.  current  popular  songs.  Especially  the 
well-known  Oftfrtefeitslieb  (17th  century)  is  meant,  which  is  authority 
for  the  purely  traditional  Swedish  and  Frisian  origin  of  the  Swiss  (see 
Introduction,  p.  xvi  f.),  and  which  (in  prose  form,  accessible  through 
Joh.  v.  Miiller),  together  with  Etterlin's  chronicle,  Schiller  has  closely 
followed  in  this  whole  passage  (1 167-1203). 

1 169  ff.     Ijtntctt    (far     up,    away    back)    tltt    fiottbc     (Sweden     is 

meant)   ttad)  fitter  narfjt   (for  9?orben,  north.    Cf.  also  $ttt=tag= 
fonnc,  south,  1 1 74)  }e  bcr  (=jeber)  sefjnte,  every  tenth. 

1 1 73.     Note  the  very  unusual  and  poetic  word-order. 
1 179.     WlUOttd  (itO,  pron.  as  one  syllable,  0  being  scarcely  heard); 
see  map. 


ACT  II.      SCENE   2.  205 

1 182  f.  tuartctC  bCt  JJttljre  ;  rare  use  of  ttJavtett  with  gen.,  attend 
tOj  etc.     Note  the  very  poetic  form  tuogetc,  for  prose  tnogte. 

1 191  f.  au3=5U=robett,  North  German  for  ail§=rcutcn  ;  cf.  note  on 
Sftiitfi,  728.  —  ©nitgen  (the  inf.  geniigen,  from  gemtg,  used  as  noun) 
tl)at,  sufficed;  tl)Un  has  here  a  semi-auxiliary  sense,  hence  ®migen  tl)ltn 
=  geniigen. 

1 194.  3um  fdjttJarjcn  SBerg,  i.  e.  across  the  lake  to  the  Briinig 
(=23raurterf(e),  so-called  from  its  thick  woods),  on  the  south-west 
corner  of  Unterwalden.  —  2Bct§lattb,  the  snow-covered  peaks  of  the 
Bernese  Oberland  in  CBer*§a8(t,  south  of  the  Briinig. 

1 196.  The  reference  is  to  the  neighboring  cantons,  Tessin  and 
Wallis,  where  Italian  and  French  are  spoken. 

1200.  He  means  the  Alamanni,  Burgundians,  Franks.  See  Intro- 
duction, p.  xvii  f. 

1209  f.  Sajfcit  (from  fi^eil),  lit.  'settlers,'  here  for  §interfaffen, 
tenants  without  citizen-rights,  owing  allegiance  to  others  (ftClltbe 
$fttd)tCtt)  :  erben,  trans.,  'inherit';  erfceit  .  .  ♦  aufr  intrans.,  be' 
handed  down  to,  descend  to. 

1215  f.  i.  e.  voluntarily  they  sought  9Mrf)$unmttteibarfeit,  depend- 
ence directly  upon  the  Empire,  and  not  upon  any  feudal  lord  (cf.  912, 
note),  which  was  granted  in  the  charter  of  Friedrich  II.,  in  1240. 

1219.  dittf)t  fd)Uj)feu  (lit.  'draw,'  as  water),  old  legal  term,  get 
justice.  —  too,  from  whom.  Noble  sentiment  nobly  expressed,  by  a  law- 
abiding  people. 

1223.     i.  e.  of  Germany  and  Italy.     Cf.  871,  266,  520,  notes. 

1229  f.  £ert=bamt,  lit.  'army  summons';  for  §eer=bann,  i.  e. 
imperial  summons  to  vassals  to  take  the  field.  —  fettte,  the  emperor's. 

1231.  gemappltct,  prose  requires  gettmffnet,  from  SSaffe,  '  weapon,5 
whereas  SBappen  means  '  coat-of-arms.' 

1235.  $)er  fyodffte  S3htt=battltf  highest  criminal  authority,  i.  e. 
cases  involving  capital  punishment.  This  passage  follows  Joh.  v.  M til- 
ler very  closely. 

1237.  So  that  he  would  not  be  influenced  by  any  partisan  feeling  or 
fear  of  any  one. 

1243.    toerljalt  fid)  aUt$,  it  is  all,  etc. 

1245  ff.  This  quarrel  with  Einsiedeln  is  based  largely  on  Joh.  v. 
Miiller.     In  1018,  Heinrich  II.,  ignorant  of  the  peasants'  existence  and 


206  NOTES. 

ownership  (125 1  f.),  had  given  the  pasture  to  Einsiedeln;  in  time 
quarrels  naturally  arose;  in  n  14  the  abbot  appealed  in  behalf  of  the 
monastery  to  Heinrich  V.,  who  decided  in  his  favor  (cf.  1246).  The 
peasants  refused  compliance  (cf.  1245),  and  when  Konrad  III.  tried  to 
force  them  (in  1144),  they  withdrew  from  the  Empire  (cf.  1255  f.). 

1250.    l)crfitr=(for  l)eruor=)S0(}.  —  fcettieibet  (fatten),  had  grazed. 

1259.  DOlt  bcttt  frcmbeit  Silted)!,  a  contemptuous  reference  to 
Gessler  and  the  other  Habsburg  bailiffs. 

1 26 1.  erfdjaffCU  (in  very  emphatic  and  pregnant  sense),  created; 
hence  it  is  ours. 

1265  ff.  Cf.  the  Winkelried  legend,  1073,  note.  (]ift=(Jcfri)nH)Ucit 
('  swollen  with  poison  '),  venomous.  They  dispelled  the  fogs  by  cut- 
ting down  forests,  draining  swamps,  etc. 

1270.  (jdcttct,  laid,  lit.  « led.' — taitfeitb=jal)rig,  i.  e.  for  a  very 
long  time;  it  had  really  been  nearly  1000  years,  however,  since  the 
first  Alamannic  migrations. 

1274.    m\$  belongs  to  both  fdjmiebctt  and  @djmatf)  antljim. 
1279  ff.    gretft  cr  ,  ♦  ♦  gctroftctt  9ftutc$  (adverb,  gen.)    in  .  .  . 

^pUtttttcl,  with  confidence  reaches  tip  to  heaven.  —  UlttterfiltflCrlid),  cf. 
885,  note.  The  grandeur  of  the  language  is  eminently  in  keeping  with 
the  situation  here. 

1283.  llrftaitb  (on  Ur-,  cf.  558,  note),  original  conditun,  i.  e.  one 
of  equality. 

1285  f .  gum  .  ♦  ♦  sTOtte(,  as  a  last  recourse,  etc.  —  ticrfaitgcn,  lit. 
1  take  hold,'  here  avail  anything. 

1287.     i.  e.  their  freedom;   note  the  poetic  word-order. 

1 29 1  ff.  Rosselmann  is,  of  course,  nut  in  earnest,  though  wishing, 
as  a  man  of  peace  (1316),  to  avoid  open  rupture;  doubtless  (cf.  1312- 
14),  he  intends  merely  to  test  the  confederates. 

1296.  28tt  ♦  ♦  ♦  frf)U>iJrCHf  What!  we  S7t>ear,  etc.  This  simple 
exclamatory  inf.  strongly  emphasizes  the  righteous  indignation  felt.  Cf. 
also  IjulbtgCtt  (i3°°)>  laffctt  (i3°0- 

1302.     Cf.  note  to  787. 

1318.     tt)0l)l  gar  .  ,  .  Ittdjt,  probably  not  at  all  his,  etc. 

1324  f.  vflmt  t  ,  f  (juri)  (cf.  bte  9ietl)e  tft  art  dud)),  now  it's  your 
turn.  —  sJ{I)Ctttfclb(en),  a  once  strongly  fortified  town  on  the  Rhine 


ACT   II.      SCENE    2.  207 

near  Bale' (Basel).  — ^Sfulj  (popularly  connected  with  Lat.  palatium), 
the  emperor's  residence.  2)te  s$fdt$  is  also  the  name  of  a  rich  province 
on  the  left  bank  of  the  Rhine;  Eng.  'The  Palatinate.'  A  §urm  was 
once  (in  1275)  ambassador  to  Emperor  Rudolf. 

1327.  The  old  charter  of  liberties  granted  by  Friedrich  II.,  and 
confirmed  by  every  emperor  up  to  Albrecht.     Cf.  912,  note. 

1330-  font  fdjnJdbtfrijen  Sonbe  (<2d)tt>aben),  Swabia,  a  large  South 
German  province.  —  tiom  Uoitf  (lit.  *  course'),  etc.,  from  along  the 
Rhine. 

1336  ff.  foitft  Citttnal  ttJOljf,  some  other  time,  no  doubt.  —  ^attfCtt, 
obsol.  ace.  of  §cut§  (dim.  of  3of)anne8).  Duke  John  of  Swabia,  Al- 
brecht's  nephew,  the  3>ol)anue§  ^Ctrrictba  of  Act  V.,  Scene  2,  is  meant. 
—  $cmt,  for  usual  pi.  §erren. 

1341.    rtefen,  here  for  ricfen  . .  .  gu,  from  gurufen. 

1344.  I)Uttcr=l)alt,  here  for  ooretttljatt,  withholds  from.  —  fettt  ,  ,  . 
(£rbe  was  the  dukedom  of  Swabia,  from  his  father,  and  lands  in  Switzer- 
land, from  his  mother,  i.  e.  fcitt  tttutterUd)C3  ((Srbc). 

1346.  (Jr  f)abc  (subj.  of  indirect  statement;  soalsotoftre —  note  the 
irregular  change  of  tense.  Cf.  92,  note)  fctltC  ^aljre  ttott,  he  was 
{lie  said)  of  age.  This  account  is  based  on  actual  facts  as  Tschudi 
reports  them.  —  293a3  ♦  ♦  ,  23cfd)db,  what  answer  did  he  get?  Cf. 
149,  646,  note. 

1354.     Notice  the  emphatic  and  poetic  position  of  5IbtrctbCtt. 

1359  ff.  4?crrtt,  feudal  l°rd>  from  whom  they  held  land  in  fief 
(1360).  —  fafjret  fort,  pres.  indie,  with  imperative  force  (cf.  also  1363, 

1365). 

1362.  ftCUrc  an,  pay  taxes  to.  —  9RaW>er$tuet(,  now  written  and 
pronounced  $Rapperfd)tt)t)f  (derived  from  Ruprechts-villd),  a  town  on 
the  north  shore  of  Lake  Zurich. 

1364.    $er  grofcen  gran  511  £ur(i)d)f  the  grau*2Kitnfter,  i.  e. 

Nunnery  of  Our  Lady  (Virgin  Mary,  —  cf.  Fr.  Notre  Dame)  in  Zurich 
founded  853  by  Ludwig  the  German,  and  richly  endowed  with  property 
and  privileges.     Cf.  Introduction,  p.  xviii. 

1370.     ($3  fcl)C  ber  ffatfer,  let  the  emperor  see. 

1374.  ftaatv  f  htfl,  with  shrewd  statesmanship.  The  next  lines  are  a 
very  poetic  and  noble  tribute  to  the  Swiss. 


208  NOTES. 

1382  f.  3ft  etc>»  ^at  (wnat  Stauff.  has  just  said)  is  easy  said.-^ 
Utl§f  construed  with  raflClt,  as  dat.  of  interest  has  the  force  of  gegett 
Utt8.  The  SdjliJffet  were  Rossberg  and  Sarnen  (cf.  78,  626,  notes), 
each  of  which  (hence  ntttft  in  1386)  had  to  be  captured. 

1391.     Note  the  poetic  order  (gtfer  ♦  ♦  ,  bcr  $\ltt. 

1395  f.  H1t3  ba§  bitten,  offer  us  that  affront.  —  (gibe,  their  oath, 
as  citizens,  to  the  constitution,  whereby  they  obtained  political  rights 
and  swore  to  do  nothing  hurtful  to  the  common  weal.  The  strongest 
possible  appeal,  since  refusal  to  obey  was  treason. 

1398.     UH'ifcit  •  ♦  ♦  baj?f  I  must  remind you^  etc. 

1401  f.  ^s%\t  be3  $$tVVnt  till  Christmas;  other  chroniclers  say  till 
New  Year's  day  (1308).  —  brutfltr3  btC  ©tttc  mtt  (fid)),  i.  e.  it  is  cus- 
tomary.—  @affcn  (cf.  1209,  note),  here  for  3nfaffen,  tenants.  The 
castle  is  Sarnen. 

1406.  $5tC  fittyreit,  (i.  e.  in  accordance  with  my  plan)  '  they  will 
carry,'  let  them  carry.     Cf.  1359,  note  and  same  idiom  in  Jjalt  (1409), 

mirb  geblafcn  (141 0/  faedjen  (h12)- 
141 1.    fid)  .  ;  ,  ermadjttgct   (Ijaben),  for  commoner  jtdj  . . .  be* 

tltadjttgt,  made  themselves  masters  of. 

1415  ff.  $irn(e),£*W. —  ift  mix  Ijolb  (lit.  'is  gracious  to  me'),  is 
in  love  with  me.  —  lctrf)t  betl)0tr  id)  fie,  lit.  ■  I  can  easily  deceive  her.' 
Cf.  Eng.  coll.  "  I  fooled  him  into  doing  that  ";  here,  I  can  easily  induce 
her  to.  —  f  djiuaufe  ficttCt,  swaying  rope-ladder. 

1418  f.    S3in  id)  broben  crft  once  up  there,  I,  etc.  —  ba%  toer= 

fdjobCU  ttJCrbc,  impersonal  without  e§,  that  there  be  postponement. 

1423.  3cid)Ctt  ,  ,  ,  Wauti),  cf.  748,  note.  —  £attb=fturm,  more  than 
2attb*tt)eljr  ('  militia ') ,  is  every  man  able  to  bear  arms.  £anb=fturm 
cmfbietett,  to  call  the  country  to  arms,  say  call  to  arms  will  be  read  at 
once  in,  etc. 

1426.     fid)  ,  .  ,  begebett  (with  gen.  'renounce,'  'forego'),  give  up, 

1429.  frfjtucrcu  Stdttb,  shows  his  character  and  prepares  the  way 
for  later  events. 

1434.  t)al£--gcf  fil)r(id),  lit.  ■  dangerous  for  the  neck '  (i.  e.  life) ; 
where  there  is  danger. 

1436.  ©Cm  fd)laor  .  ,  ,  Sdjatt^e,  will  gladly  risk.  Sdjattse  (Fr. 
chance)  different  here  from  ©djan$e,  fortification.  Cf.  Eng.  take  the 
chances. 


ACT   III.       SCENE    I.  209 

T442.  glit!)Tttbe  $0d)ttWd)tr  glowing  signal ;  the  rosy  tints  of  the 
dawn  falling  on  the  highest  summits  are  compared  with  fyVLlX^tifytn, 
748,  596,  notes. 

*  tmt   ftiUcr   Sammhtttg,    from    fammetn,  'to    collect'    (one's 

thoughts),  in  silent  meditatio?i. 

*  mit  erl)0beneu  brct  ^tttgerit,  symbolic  of  the  Trinity,  Such  an 
oath  was  also  taken  by  lifting  the  whole  right  hand.  That  Rosselmann, 
the  pastor,  administers  the  oath  gives  it  a  kind  of  consecration. 

1452.  belt  Xob,  absol.  ace.  —  *  ttlie  obcit,  i.  e.  stage  direction  after 
1450. 

1456.  (^enojfame  (cf.  ©ertoffenfdjaft,  1 109,  note),  'community; 
i.  e.  all  belonging  to  a  village,  castle,  monastery,  etc.,  also  later,  a 
political  district ;  Uri  is  still  divided  into  @ettoffenfd)Ctften;  to  his  own 
village  and  friends ." 

1465.  sJia\lb  llCflCfjCU  an  +  dat.  ('  commit  theft  on  '),  "  steals  from ' 
(injures). 

*  fdUt  ,  .  ♦  Ittit  Sd|tt)Ultg  Ctttr  comes  in  with  (begins)  a  splendid 
air,  which,  with  the  slowly  rising  sun,  the  sun  of  Swiss  freedom,  never 
fails  of  fine  dramatic  effect. 

One  of  the  most  important  and  carefully  wrought  scenes  in  the  play 
(cf.  the  detailed  order  of  the  meeting  —  arrival,  general  discussion, 
organization  and  election  of  president,  deliberation,  result,  oath — ), 
affording  still  deeper  insight  into  Swiss  character  and  into  conditions 
prevailing.  The  action  advances  a  long  step;  plans  for  united  resist- 
ance, suggested  before,  have  been  definitely  formed ;  hope  is  awakened 
for  the  cause  of  freedom,  and  the  outcome  is  anxiously  looked  for. 

ACT   III.     SCENE  1. 

Tschudi  makes  the  events  of  this  scene  fall  on  Nov.  18  (mistake  for 
19th),  1307.  Scene  I  passes  about  noon  on  that  day,  since,  immedi- 
ately afterward,  Tell  goes  to  Altorf  (15 16),  a  mile  distant,  where  he 
arrives  in  the  early  afternoon,  cf.  1744.  It  has  been  suggested  that  this 
idyllic  picture  of  TelFs  home-life  is  an  idealized  description  of  the 
poet's  own  family. 

*  3immcr(cf.  gimmcrrt,  Eng.  'timber  ')H£t,  carpenter's  axe. — 
^pebttug,  Schiller  gives  her  this  name;  chroniclers  say  simply  that  she 
was  Walther  Fiirst's  daughter.     Cf.  556. 


210  NOTES. 

1470.    gritty  am  3Jtorgettjtraf)t,  unusual  for  betm  2ftorgenftralj(, 

probably  confused  with  am  Sftorgett.  This  little  poem  is  called  the 
@d)ti£etl4teb  and  is  such  a  favorite  in  Germany  that  it  has  almost  be- 
come a  folk-song. 

1472.  $)er  28etl)  (also  tie  2Beil)e,  generic  dialect  name  for  large 
birds  of  prey) ;   eagle  is  doubtless  meant  here. 

1478.  tva$  ba,  whatever. — freitd)t  Uttb  ffeugt,  quaint  old  forms 
for  friedjt,  fltegt. 

i47g.    mir  cnt^ttJCt  (geforungen),  broken.    Wlafy  mtr  (in  both 

cases  nut,  dat.  of  interest)  Ujn,  fix  it  for  ?ne;  a  good  example  of  macfyett 
in  general  sense  of  Eng.  fix. 

1482.  tt>03,  here  perfectly  general;  whoever.  The  line  has  almost 
become  a  proverb  in  Germany. 

i486,  fetttCt,  neither  of  the  boys.  — $tt  4?aufe;  *•  e-  as  a  shepherd 
or  herdsman,  rather  than  a  hunter. 

1491.  atlf£  UCltr  erbClttC  (lit.  '  capture.'  Cf.  Eng.  ■  booty '),  win 
it  anew,  i.  e.  by  saving  it  from  some  danger. 

1494  f .  $ltcd)tef  either  TelPs  own,  indicating  that  he  had  consider- 
able property,  or  those  of  the  village. — 393age=fal)tt,  daring  expedi- 
tion; cf.  TOagett,  'risk/  '  dare.' 

1497.  Note  the  very  expressive  use  of  the  subjunctive  mctbcft  with 
5tttcrtf  i.  e.  for  fear  that  you  may  not,  etc. 

1500.  belt  gcl)((from  fet)(eit,  'miss^tytMtg  {false  leap)  tljUtt, 
make  a  false  leap.     Cf.  gel)(4ritt,  '  mis-step.'  —  (itelttfe,  cf.  650. 

1502  f.    393inb4attnne,  or  ©taub=(' dust')  (amine,  is  an  avalanche 

of  dry,  freshly-fallen  snow,  driven  down  from  high  altitudes  by  heavy 
winds;  they  occur  in  fall  and  winter,  and  differ  greatly  from  the 
©d)tag4amuten  (1782),  which  are  masses  of  frozen  snow,  mixed  with 
blocks  of  ice,  and  which,  loosened  by  the  summer  sun,  rush  with  ter- 
rible force  down  old  beaten  tracks,  and  strike  (<2>ff)tag0  with  loud 
noise  in  the  valleys.  —  JJfittt,  cf.  38,  note.  Frozen  snow  often  covers 
the  mouth  of  a  crevasse,  concealing  the  dangerous  abyss  below. 

1512.    gfoljt,  obsol.  for  ©e^fafyr. 

1514.  auf  $af)t  Uttb  $arj  (cf.  Eng.  coll. «  forever  and  a  day,'  'for  a 
year  and  a  day '),  an  old  legal  term  for  a  full  year,  now  an  idiom  mean- 
ing a  good,  long  time. 

15 1 6.     %attV,  i.  e.  Hedwig's  father,  Walther  Furst. 


ACT    III.       SCENE    I.  211 

15 1 8  ff.  t§  fpUtnt,  etc.,  some  scheme  is  on  foot.  Some  time  must 
have  elapsed  since  Act  II.,  Scene  2.  Tschudi  says  ten  days.  He  also 
says  Tell  was  present  at  the  Riitli;  Schiller  prefers  to  leave  him  out  of 
the  meeting.     Cf.  1098,  note. 

1526.     2)CU  UntcrttJalbltcr,  Baumgarten.     Cf.  151  ff. 

1 53 1.  Ijcifjt,  is,  cf.  357,  note.  Note  the  exclamatory  infin.  fd)iffcttf 
with  (more  commonly  without,  cf.  1297,  13°°)  JU,     We  would  expect 

in  ben  8ee» 

1536.    Serljut'  ,  .  .  nidjt    Cf.  253,  note;  805. 

1540.  3wm  (Stynt,  Swiss  dimin.  of  2Il)n  (cf.  Sfyni),  for  ©rofpater  ; 
to  Grandpa's. 

1545  ff.  Cf.  the  well-known  proverb  %\)Wl  9ted)t,  Ullb  fdjeue  me* 
manb.     $)ie  rcd)t  t!)nnf  those  who,  etc.     Note  the  poetic  word-order. 

—  an  fie  f  ommcnr  get  at  them. 

1550  f.  This  meeting  with  Gessler  is  Schiller's  invention,  and  shows 
Gessler's  reason  for  hating  Tell  (cf.  1572).  —  (Sjrihtbc,  ravines.  See 
map.  —  menfdjeiMccrcr  Spnr,  lonely  track.  —  nid)t  an^n  wcidicn 
mar  (lit.  *  was  not  to  be  avoided '),  i.  e.  the  narrow  path  made  it  im- 
possible for  Gessler  to  avoid  him  in  passing. 

1559.    £errc,  old  for  §err. — mcin  anftdjtig  nwrb,  saw  me.    ntetn, 

for  meiner,  is  genit.  with  anjidjttg.     Cf.  Eng.  *  catch  sight  of.' 

1562  f.     $CttlcJ)rf   cf.  647,  note.     Gessler's  previous  punishment  of 

Tell  is  Schiller's  invention.  —  DerMafft(e),  generally  applied  to  things, 

erblaffen  applies  to  persons. 

1564.     tJCrfagtClt  Ujm  (lit.  '  refused  him  '),  failed  him. 

1566.    jammertc  mid)  fein(er),  I  pitied  him.    Cf.  also  486;  the 

log.  subj.  is  here  ace,  the  log.  obj.  gen.     Shows  Tell's  generous,  for- 
giving nature. 
1568.    fcincn  armen  (i.  e.  gertngen,  fleinen)  fiaut,  i.  e.  not  a  single 

word. 

1575.  bort  ttJCg,  azvayfrofn  there. 

1576.  tva$  ffiUt,  etc.,  what  are  you  thinking  of ? 

1578.  %&CtV§f  just  because ;  i.  e.  she  can  give  no  reason,  but  her 
intuitive  fear  of  evil  is  ground  enough  for  her.  A  skillful  touch  of 
woman's  nature,  as  is  also  her  yielding  as  soon  as  she  learns  that  Tell 
has  promised  to  go. 

1581.     %8'dlti,  dim.  of  Walther. 


212  NOTES. 

*  bCtt  ^geljettbett,  dat.  pi.  (not  ace.  sg.)  after  folgt. 

A  charming  picture  of  Swiss  home-life,  developing  further  the  char- 
acter of  Tell,  and  showing  wrhat  the  Swiss  mothers  feel  in  such  trying 
times.  While  the  (Sibgettoffen  have  planned  resistance,  Tell's  chief 
desire  is  to  be  let  alone.  Hedwig's  anxiety  hints  that  he  may  not  have 
his  wish,  and  is  a  foreboding  of  evil,  serving  to  further  enliven  and  in- 
tensify the  interest. 

ACT   III.     SCENE  2. 

The  time  is  about  the  same  as  in  III.,  I.  The  scene  gives  Tell  oppor- 
tunity to  go  from  Biirglen  to  Altorf. 

*  3tauu=t)att)C,  lit.  '  dust  (i.  e.  fine  spray)  brooks,'  are  little  moun- 
tain streams,  rushing  over  high  cliffs  and  dashed  into  fine  spray  by  the 
force  of  the  fall.  —  im  3tt(J&sHetb,  Schiller's  mistake;  November  is  too 
late  for  hunting  in  the  Alps.     Cf.  introductory  note  to  II.,  Scene  I. 

1592.     ift  bort  IjtttrtU^,  has  gone  that  way. 

1594  f.     Note  the  poetic  word-order.     Uttb,  even. 

1601.  (£ttd)  lint  tueruClt  ('surround  you  as  suitors'),  sue  for  your 
favor. 

1604.  2)cr  .  ,  .  ttJirb,  who  are  faithless  in.  —  txt\xU8  .  ♦  .  Mt, 
treitloS  usually  has  simple  dat.  without  the  preposition. 

1612  f.  ItaturUcrjJC^ttcn  (pp.  with  active  force),  i.  e.  forgetful  of 
the  place  and  duty  by  nature  devolving  upon  him;  degenerate.  Cf. 
©ott=uergeffert,  4god-less.'  —  fctnem,  Gessler's. 

1617  f.  fcilt  ♦  ,  ,  511  bcfd)trmeiU  Note  these  subject  infinitives, 
with  and  without  511, 

1 62 1.     $$£•««  ift,  who  are. 

1631.    (mitt  id))  $Ijm  ♦  ♦  .  nidjt ,  ♦  .  gfrteben  (bereiten). 

1633.     This  last  stronghold  of  liberty  is  the  Forest  Cantons. 

1635.  tiCl'ftcfyt  fid)  ♦  ♦  ♦  auf  (lit.  'in  regard  to'),  understand  better 
their  own  happiness. 

1640.  To  see  hi??i  despised  .  .  .,  whom,  etc.;  despised,  no  doubt,  by 
his  own  people,  perhaps,  too,  by  the  Austrians,  whose  dupe  he  was. 

1647.  att=(je*ftammte  XugCUb,  your  inborn  (innate)  virtue  (man- 
liness). 

1 65 1  f.  lo^t  (causative)  mitt)  .  ♦  .  fetlt,  etc.,  will  help  me  be  and 
become  (anything)  all.  —  £?ett>  (baS)  pQ&U. 


ACT   III.       SCENE    2.  213 

1653.  tt)Ot) ttt  (with  reference  to  the  future)  gcftcllt,  has  destined 
you,  different  from  ttJO  .  .  .  gefteflt,  which  would  mean  'has  already 
placed  you.' 

1658  f.  $ertt)attbtett,  i.  e.  of  Gessler  especially;  as  ©egler  Don 
SBntnecf  (Muller)  he  is  made  a  relative  of  hers,  to  whose  care  she  is 
entrusted,  and  who  seems  anxious  to  marry  her  himself.  Cf.  161 1, 
1720  f. 

1660.     In  Aargau,  cf.  446,  *  note. 

1665  f .  bent  jirofjClt  (£rbTf  i.  e.  not  the  imperial  possessions,  but 
those  of  the  house  of  Habsburg.  This  scene  is  only  imaginary,  but 
Albrecht's  greed  is  historical.     Cf.  1343  ff. 

1672.  mcttt,  gen.  with  I)orrcn,  are  waiting  for  me.  Here  again 
the  rhyme  and  the  poetic  word-order  emphasize  the  rising  lyric  emo- 
tion.    So  below,  1685  ff. 

1676.  ©efjnen  in  ba$  SBcitC,  longing  (to  get  out)  into  the  wide 
world. 

1686.     be3  fiebettS  293ettenr  broad  spheres  of  life. 

1688.  $tC  .  .  ♦  SWoilCr  brctten,  extend  around  us  their  firm,  im- 
penetrable wall. 

1690  f.  Construe :  3Uttt  $ttttmcl  Olletn,  —  gclitt^tct  (lit.  'light- 
ened'; from  lid)ten,  to  cut  away  undergrowth  or  thick  branches  to 
let  the  light  through.  Cf.  £id)tung,  '  clearing ')  fetn,  be  clear  and 
open.     Notice  the  bn  in  1 691,  as  compared  with  more  formal  ^Jjt  above. 

1695  f .      aitfgcbliiljt,  grew  up.  —  grcnbeitftmrcn,  glad  memories. 

1700.  (£3  fcfjfte  ('would  be  lacking'),  etc.,  I  should  miss  it  in 
every  earthly  happiness.  — bcr  (Srbett,  old  gen.,  cf.  972,  1103,  notes. 

1 70 1.  The  reference  is  to  the  fabled  3nfeln  ber  ©eligen,  Isles  of  the 
Blessed. 

1703  f.  tyctmifd)  WOljnt,  mixture  of  fyeimtfdj  tft,  'is  at  home,'  and 
simple  roufjnt,  'dwells.' — fid)  .  ,  .  fjmfittbcn,  find  one's  way. 

1705  f.     ttubt,  C!ttf(iel)Cnf  poetical  presents  with  future  sense. 

1 719.  2Bie  ftitttbT3  Itm  mid),  how  would  it  be  zuith  me  f  Cf.  1658 
note. 

1727.     223o3  and)  bran3  merbC,  whatever  may  come  of  it. 

The  scene  is  a  bright  spot  in  rather  sombre  surroundings,  just  such  a 
love  scene  as  Schiller  delighted  to  paint.    Though  a  little  too  long,  it 


214  NOTES. 

is  full  of  poetic  beauty  and  lyric  passion,  expressed  by  unusual  word- 
order  and  frequent  use  of  rhyme.  Cf.  1696  ff.,  1704  ff.,  171 1  ff.,  etc. 
The  action  takes  a  long  step  forward  when  Bertha  wins  Rudenz  back 
to  his  own  people.  The  Swiss  cause  seems  a  little  more  hopeful;  with 
the  sympathy  and  help  of  the  younger  nobility,  the  cantons  can  better 
cope  with  Austria. 

ACT  III.     SCENE  3. 

The  scene  connects  directly  with  III.,  1,  and  takes  place  soon  after. 
Tschudi  says  the  5Ipfelfd)ltJ3  occurred  on  the  following  day. 

*  $rofpCCt,  for  more  usual  3ln8*ftd)t,  view. 

*  !!Baitn[from  batmen,  'to  forbid'  (access  to),  hence,  'protect  by 
law  'JfoetCJ,  the  Bannberg.  It  is  a  high  hill  overlooking  Altorf  and 
covered  with  woods,  which  protect  the  village  from  falling  stones  and 
avalanches;   even  yet  it  is   forbidden   to  cut  the  trees   on  it,  hence 

bie  83dume  finb  (jebatutt  (1778). 

*  gne§=!)arbt  (lit.  'fright-hard')  Uttb  £e«t4)0lb  ('kind  to  the 
people';  cf.  teitt=4elig)  are  character  names,  intended  to  show  at  once, 
and  in  telling  contrast,  the  disposition  of  each  guard. 

1737.  ^Dpfttt^  (pronounce  Po'panz),  bugbear,  is  of  obscure  origin; 
it  is  probably  derived  from  Bohemian  bobak,  sca?'ecrow.  (Kluge.)  The 
reference  here  is,  of  course,  to  the  hat.  They  had  been  standing  guard 
for  some  three  weeks,  cf.  393  ff. 

1739  f.  JBcrbrte^C,  old  dat.  for  SSerbruge,  to  annoy  us. —  28a3 
(collective  for  afle  tt>eld)e)  rcrf)tC  SctttC  filtb,  all  (who  are)  decent 
people,     retfjt  here  in  sense  of  respectable,  of  better  class. 

1742.     beugten,  pret.  subj.  would  bend. 

1744.  um  btC  SRittagdfttUtbC,  taken  with  what  follows,  gives  the 
time  of  this  scene,  i.  e.  not  long  after  noon. 

1749.    ^ocfjttmrbigen  (also  called  ba&  $enerabile).    The  'host'  or 

sacramental  wafer  is  meant.  It  is  usually  exhibited  in  a.  WlmtftV HTl% 
(cf.  monstrare),  an  ornamented  gold  or  gilded  box,  or  '  pyx.'  In 
carrying  it  to  the  sick,  however,  the  ciborium,  a  covered  cup  is  used. 
(Kuenen.) 

1753  f-  ®efeUr(0>  nere  friend,  comrade.  —  (£3  fchtgt  .  .  .  bend)* 
tCtt  (for  bciudjten),  /  begin  to  feel  as  if;  beitrfjten,   a  secondary  inf., 


ACT   III.       SCENE    3.  215 

formed  from  btilldjte,  pret.  of  biinfeit,  and  now  quite  obsolete,  c§  biinft 

mid)  (mir)  being  used  instead.  —  roir  fteljett  ,  ,  ,  am  granger  (lit. 

'pillory'),  here  figurative. 

*  9ttetf)tbtlb  (cf.  SUtotljllbe),  (SlSbetf),  for  giifabetl). 

1764.     mer  ba  (=  mer  aud)),  whoever,  cf.  1478,  note. 

1767  ff.  Uttb  (tefjT  ♦  .  ,  $«tf  i.  e.  leave  us  only  his  hat.  —  follte 
brum  ♦  ,  ♦  Xlttl§  fiattb,  '  it  would  not  on  that  account  be  (lit.  ■  stand  ') 
worse  for  the  country.'      The  country  would  not  be  worse  off  for  it.  — 

95o(f  ber  233etber,  cf-  Eng-  women-folks. 

1771.  SSctttt  fie  ber  9Jhtt  (cf.  'mood')  fttdjt,  lit.  'if  desire  impels 
('pricks')  them,'  i.  e.  if  they  would  like  to. 

*  XtU  .  ,  ♦  tritt  twf,  Tell  and  Walther  have  had  time  (while  Act 
III.,  Scene  2,  is  passing)  to  come  from  Biirglen  to  Altorf  (cf.  1539),  a 
distance  of  about  a  mile. 

1773.  $)te  33  (hint  C  Mutett,  old  Classic  and  Germanic  superstition. 
—  ©tretd)  fitljren, '  to  deal  a  blow.' 

1776.  Qkbamtt,  here  charmed,  in  1778  protected  by  law;  cf.  note 
on  SBarmberct,  at  opening  of  this  scene. 

1779.     Corner,  i.  e.  sharp  snow-peaks,  cf.  <Sd)recM)orn,  629. 

1782.    6d)lag4attrinett,  cf.  note  on  1502. 

1786.  Sattbsmetyr  (cf.  roefjreit,  'to  defend'),  lit.  'defence  of  the 
land';  denotes  usually  militia,  reserved  for  defensive  warfare  only; 
here  in  a  more  primitive  sense  of  buhvark. 

1790.  grojje^,  eblte3  £attb.  Tell  has  Germany  in  mind,  no  doubt, 
and  not  Italy  or  Lombardy;  to  him,  as  a  man  of  Uri,  belt  StrOttteit 
Itfld)  would  naturally  mean  along  the  Aar  and  the  Reuss  to  the  Rhine, 
end  nut  the  streams  south  of  the  Gotthard. 

1793.  itarf)  alien  $tmmel$*raitmcttf  i.  e.  in  all  directions.  Here, 
r,s  often,  the  rhyme  accompanies  a  very  poetic  description. 

1799.     bcr  ^)immc(f  here  the  climate. 

1803.  i.  e.  to  the  Church  and  the  State,  to  clerical  and  princely 
wners. 

1805.  (SJefteber  (collective,  from  geber,  'feather'),  i.  e.  birds 
nunted  as  game.     Cf.  901,  note. 

1807.     ba§  3al,^,  etc.,  i.  e.  the  sale  of  salt  was  a  state  monopoly. 

1 8 12.  I  feel  oppressed  in  that  broad  land,  i.  e.  when  I  think  of  how 
things  are  there  j    eng  and  tOtit  form  effective  contrast. 


216  NOTES. 

1817.     Tell  knows  what  the  hat  means  and  wishes  to  avoid  it. 

*  flfCtft  (lit.  'seizes,'  cf.  Eng.  'grips')  in,  lays  hold  of. 

1820.     tlcrlc^Ctt  (lit.  ■  injure,'  ' hurt '), here  disobey  (Gessler's  order). 

*  3  It  bit  Scene  tltfettb,  i.  e.  turning  towards  the  back -ground  and 
calling  for  help. 

1830  f .     (SjcttJOlt  (jefd)tel)t  (gcjd)ef)ert,  lit.  ■ happen  '),  violence  is  being 

done  to,  etc.  —  (SJrofftmter,  cf.  1540,  note.  —  23itrg=|d)aft  leiften  (lit. 

■  do,'  '  perform  ') ,  to  '  go  bail,'  give  security  for  anyone. 

1834  f.    crfemteit,  for  cuterfemtert.  —  ^a^  liigft  bit,  33ube,  that's  a 

lie,  you  scoundrel.  —  l)fittr,  exclamatory  interrogative  subj.     Cf.  1072, 
note. 

1840  f.    uttfer3  ytmtc§,  cf.  368,  note.  —  fdjretettbe   (cf.  Eng.  'a 

crying  shame  '),  outrageous. 

1847.  fd)0it,  merely  for  emphasis  and  to  express  Tell's  self-assur- 
ance.    Say  never  mind,  fit,  etc. 

1855.  tt)a£  mirb  t>a§  ttierbeit,  what  will  come  of  this?  Expresses 
his  grave  fears  as  to  the  result,  for  he  knows  Gessler's  character. 

*  belt  tjdlfeit,  etc.,  adverbial  ace,  with  a  falcon,  etc.  Cf.  intro- 
ductory note  to  Scene  2.  They  are  returning  from  the  hunt  mentioned 
1592,  23ertl)a  and  sJhlbC!tS  having  joined  them.  —  JKttbotyJ)  bet  $at* 
ta§f  a  fictitious  character  here,  though  the  name  occurs  in  accounts  of 
the  battle  of  Sempach  (A.  D.  1386).  It  is  derived  by  some  from  the 
Latin,  by  others  from  §uru§,  name  of  a  family  in  the  Black  Forest. 
This,  ($efflerT3  first  appearance  (and  he  is  the  only  23ogt  who  does 
appear),  is  very  impressive;  on  horseback  and  splendidly  attended,  he  is 
an  imposing  figure;  his  first  harsh  words  show  his  whole  character;  at 
once  judge  and  tyrant,  he  quiets  the  tumult  and  overawes  the  people  in 
a  moment. 

i860  ff.  ©eftreitger  $err  (cf.  Eng.  'dread  sovereign')  lost  its 
original    force  and   became  a   term  of  politeness ;    Your  Lordship.  — 

ttiol)l=I)eftc(lter  (cf.  also  roofyUbeftoUter),  duly  co?nmissioned.  —  iiber 

frtftf|Cr  XI)  at,  Iflte,  in  the  very  act,  as,  etc. 

1866.  Gessler  calls  him  by  name  at  once;  he  knows  Tell  already. 
Cf.  1556  ff. 

1870.  Xrarfjtett,  the  inf.  tradjten  ('strive  for,'  'intend')  used  as  a 
noun,  feeling,  disposition,  i.  e.  Tell's  independent  attitude  towards 
Gessler. 


ACT   III.       SCENE    3.  217 

1872.  $er=ad)tmtg  (Surer  (for  (Suer,  gen.  of  3fyr) ,  contempt  for 

you.  —  5ftt3  Uttbebatfjt,  from  thoughtlessness. 

1873.  The  meaning  of  the  name,  %t\it  has  been  much  discussed. 
Some  connect  it  with  telum,  arrow,  making  bcr  XtU  =  '  archer.'  Others 
derive  it  from  bafetl  or  taletl,  '  to  talk  foolishly ';  others  from  toll,  origin- 
ally =  Eng.  '  dull,'  though  now  stronger  (= '  mad ')  ;  others  from  Xatter, 
'peasant.'  The  name  appears  in  various  forms,  as  XtU,  Xfyatl,  Xcill, 
£l)efl.  The  chronicler,  from  whom  this  line  was  taken,  seems  to  have 
regarded  %eU  as  a  nickname  meaning  '  foolish,'  '  simple,'  i.  e.  33>tU)elm 
XtU  =  William  the  Simple.  There  is  an  old  song  beginning,  2Bill)etm 
bin  id),  ber  £elle.  Cf.  also  the  name  of  the  old  harlequin  £ttl  (2nlen= 
fpiegct  and  Introduction,  p.  xxviii. 

1874.  tutfjt  mel)r  begegneit,  in  prose  nidjt  roteber  gefdjefyen.  The 
pause  following  here  heightens  the  dramatic  effect;  so  also  after  1857, 
1865. 

1876.     bU  Itefymft  e3  (Wf  m\t,  you  are  ready  to  take  it  up  {contest). 

1878.  btrf  ethical  dat.,  shoot  you  an  apple.  Schiller  skillfully  puts 
this  boast  in  the  mouth  of  the  boy,  that  it  may  suggest  to  Gessler  the 
cruel  idea  of  making  the  father  shoot  the  apple  from  the  son's  head. 
The  two  lines  were  put  in  in  response  to  a  hint  from  Goethe. 

1893.  fommt  ♦  ♦  .  JU  (for  more  usual  in  ben)  Sttttt,  you  cannot 
mean  that.  —  nettt  bod)  (very  emphatic) ,  Oh!  no.  The  grim  earnest- 
ness of  what  follows  is  in  effective  contrast  with  the  easygoing  humor 
of  the  opening  of  the  scene. 

1  goo.     The  pres.  with  imperative  force  is  very  emphatic. 

1909.     ttJOljl,  no  doubt.  —  fid)  be=benfcit  {stop  to  think),  hesitate. 

1913.  8uVfrtQt\l§,  from  furge  SEBeile,  'what  makes  time  short, 
pleasant,'  hence  '  fan,' Jesting  (opp.  of  £ange=tt>eile).  The  word,  usually 
fern.,  is  sometimes  mas.  or  neut.     It  depends  on  gewoljttt. 

1918.     tfjrer  (part.  gen.  after  I)unbcrt  ;  cf.  286,  note,  293)  refers  to 

©djrttte. 

1921.  (£3  gilt  (from  getten,  *  to  pass  for,'  «  be  a  question  of,'  '  con- 
cern,' which  is  used  in  many  idioms)  for  the  common  e§  gilt  (bd$ 
£eben),  '  life  is  at  stake';  or,  taken  in  perfectly  general  sense,  t§  gilt, 
1  the  crisis  has  come,'  all  is  at  stake. 

1922.  i.  e.  in  view  of  the  Riitli  decision  to  postpone  any  uprising, 
cf.  1401,  1419,  1455-66.     £aftet  ail  (£nti)t  control  yourself. 


218  NOTES. 

1929.  fcmtClt  IcntCtt  (for  lennen  geternt),  this  use  of  the  inf.  in- 
stead of  p.  p.  after  another  inf.,  common  also  with  feljen,  fyetfen,  fyorert, 
tefyren,  etc.,  is  like  that  of  the  aux.  verbs  of  mode.  Cf.  (*r  I)at .  .  .  tf)lttt 
tooflert. 

193 1  f.  ®affe  (lit.  <  narrow  lane.'  Cf.  South  German  ©affc  for 
©trafce,  *  street'),  here  the  narrow  space,  lane,  between  two  lines  of 
people.  —  t)ertt)tfft,  but  Tell  had  not  directly  disobeyed  his  command. 
Cf.  181 7,  note. 

1938.     JQXCV  8*ft  e^  (cf-  J92I>  note)>  **™  W  *  chance  to,  etc. 

1943.  $>Ctttr3  (bem  ba&),  whose;  i.e.  whose  feelings  {heart)  do 
not  make  eye  or  hand  unsteady. 

1945-  faffet  ($JtabT  .  ,  »  cr(JCl)Ctt,  lit.  '  let  mercy  go  out  for  right, 
i.  e.  show  mercy  instead  of  enforcing  justice. 

195 1.     fetylett  aufr  i.  e.  miss  (the  apple)  and  strike  the  heart,  etc. 

1964.  gfriftf)  (lit. '  fresh,'  « brisk,'  ■  quick  '),  here  a  simple  exclama- 
tion, £0*01  /     Cf.  Eng.  Quick,  now  ! 

1966.  $eitt  SButrid)  5Uttt  SBcrbruffC  (lit.  'for  vexation  to  the 
tyrant '),  to  vex  the  tyrant. 

1971  f.  ttttt  frtfdjer  Sljat  (with  prompt  action),  without  the  delay 
agreed  on  in  1401  ff. 

1973.  &ergebeit£,  with  impunity  (Buchheim).  By  carrying  arms 
he  made  himself  liable  to  punishment  for  taking  a  right  belonging  only 
to  his  superiors.     Cf.  1976  ff. 

1990  f.  Gessler  has  evidently  heard  of  Tell's  having  saved  Baum- 
garten  (151  ff.).  511  rcttCtt  gilt,  when  it  means  {is  a  question  of) 
saving  anyone ;  cf.  also  1921,  note.  —  $)tt  rettcft  Oflc  is  another  cruelly 
ironical  reference  to  his  rescue  of  Baumgarten. 

*  The  strong  contrast  between  the  beginning  (III.,  1)  and  the  end 
of  Tell's  journey,  between  the  quiet  happiness  of  1772  ff.  and  the  present 
suffering  of  Tell,  serves  to  greatly  intensify  the  dramatic  effect.  Cf.  be- 
ginning and  end  of  I.,  1.  (Poller,  another  form  of  Poller,  is  a  close- 
fitting  leathern  doublet. 

1992  f .     fdjieft  ^tt,  shoot  on  !  —  ($3  tttttft,  it  must  be  done. 

*  ttttt  QbttValt  ♦  ,  ♦  geljalteit,  cf.  1922.  Rudenz,  now  knowing 
Bertha's  attitude  (1726  ff.)  and  brought  to  see  his  duty  (cf.  preceding 
scene),  at  last  takes  his  people's  part. 


ACT   III.       SCENE    3.  219 

2004  ff .  Rudenz,  without  intending  deception,  and  now  in  his  true 
character,  gives  himself  rather  more  credit  than  he  deserves;  his  attitude, 
770  ff.,  towards  his  uncle's  entreaties  was  not  especially  patriotic. 

2015  f.    glaufcf  itf)  p,  thought  I  should.  —  $a  id) .  .  .  Bcfeftigte, 

lit.  '  in  that  I,'  etc.,  by  strengthening. 

2020  f.    baran  ('on  the  point  of),  I  was  about  to.  —  in  bcftcr 

$ftetltUH(J,  with  best  intentions. 

2032.  Uttb  hJCr  tttir  ttdljt.  This  skillfully  developed  crisis  attracts 
attention  to  Rudenz  and  Gessler,  and  spares  the  spectator  the  pain  of 
seeing  Tell  shoot  at  the  boy.  It  also  gives  time  for  an  apple,  with  an 
arrow  through  it,  to  be  thrown  from  behind  the  scenes. 

2039  ff.  Even  in  these  exclamations  of  natural  surprise  does  Schiller 
portray  character.  Thus  Leuthold  and  Harras  admire  the  wonderful 
shot;  Bertha  and  Fiirst  rejoice  (2035,  2038)  that  the  father's  anguish 
is  relieved;  the  boy,  knowing  nothing  of  such  suffering,  is  proud  of  his 
father's  skill  (2036  f.) ;  Rosselmann  is  incensed  at  Gessler  (2045  f.) ; 
Stauffacher  rejoices  that  Tell  is  free  (2047  f.) ;  Gessler  is  surprised  and 
angry  that  Tell  has  shot  (2034)  and,  failing  in  one  plan  to  destroy  his 
enemy,  seeks  another  (2050  ff.). 

2048.  m (hut 4 id)  gdoft  (lit.  ■  redeemed  '),  manfully  won  your  lib- 
erty.    Cf.  Eng.  *  let  us  quit  us  like  men.' 

2050.  $)U  fterfteft  .  .  .  $tt  Mr*  I  e.  You  put  in  your  doublet.  Cf. 
stage  direction  after  1991. 

2056.     frifd)  UUb  frigid),  freely  andplaimy. 

2061.  bltrd)=fri)OJj  .  .  .  (£ttd),  would  have  shot  you.  The  past  indie, 
(instead  of  pluperfect  subj.  or  conditional)  lends  TelPs  words  a  ter- 
rible emphasis,  further  strengthened  by  the  contrast  with  his  previous 
humble  attitude  (1985  f.),  and  places  the  result  (2063)  beyond 
doubt.  This  whole  passage,  2O58(tt)0l)(an)-2o63,  forms  the  inscrip- 
tion on  the  pedestal  of  a  life-size  statue  of  Tell,  erected  some  years  ago 
in  Altorf  on  the  traditional  scene  of  the  famous  shot. 

2063.  (Surer  (for  Slier),  gen.  (cf.  1919  ace),  with  fel)Iett,  cf.  1996. 
—  bity  gefidjert  for  bid)  uerftdjert ;  so  also  above,  2059. 

2077  fc  3fretf)eit3=bricfCtt,  etc.  A  characteristic  remark  of  Rossel- 
mann, who  knows  all  about  the  old  charters;  according  to  them  it  was 
unlawful  to  imprison  or  try  a  man  outside  of  his  own  canton.  Tell 
lived  in  Uri,  but  Kiissnacht  was  in  the  canton  of  Schwyz.     Gessler  feels 


220  NOTES. 

free  to  ignore  privileges  not  confirmed  by  the  present  Kaiser.     Cf.  1325- 

2089  f .  HI antm  tmtfttet  $I|r,  what  made  you,  etc.  Cf.  Eng.  coll. 
'why  did  you  have  to.'  —  SBe^tUtttgC  fttf),  etc.,  Let  him  control  himself 
who  etc. 

2093.  In  spite  of  the  oath  of  the  Riitli  confederates  (1448  ff.),  in 
which  Tell  had  no  part !     Shows  the  regard  in  which  he  was  held. 

2097.     fagr  id),  etc.,  i.  e.  shall  I  take  no  message  to  your  wife? 

This  is  aptly  called  the  9fteifterfcene  of  the  whole  play.  It  shows 
greater  dramatic  intensity  than  any  other,  and  it  brings  the  action  to  a 
crisis  in  TelPs  fearful  struggle  and  his  terrible  oath ;  the  confederates, 
too,  are  incensed  almost  beyond  control.  It  has  been  too  much.  Re- 
venge must  come  —  though  the  catastrophe  is  delayed  by  Tell's  being 
taken  prisoner.  The  further  development  of  the  action  is  thus  skillfully 
held  in  suspense. 

ACT  IV.     SCENE  1. 

*  Dftttd)e3  Ufer,  etc.,  i.  e.  of  the  lower  arm  (called  Urtier  ©ce)  of 
the  lake,  about  half  way  from  Brunnen  to  Fliielen.  The  scene  passes, 
very  soon  after  III.,  3,  late  in  the  afternoon  of  the  same  day.  Cf.  in- 
troductory note  to  III.,  1. 

*  ftttttj  (for  $0ttrab)  tJUtt  ©crfau  (see  map)  is  a  fictitious  character, 
introduced  here  to  connect  this  scene  with  what  precedes  and  follows. 
Just  from  Fliielen  (2106),  he  tells  what  has  happened  since  the  close' 
of  the  last  scene,  while  the  news  he  brings  of  Attinghausen's  illness 
(21 16)  prepares  us  for  the  next  scene. 

*  ^tfdjet,  no  doubt  the  Ruodi  of  I.,  I.  He  is  here  essentially  the 
same  as  in  I.,  1,  a  man  of  words  not  deeds;  his  boy's  name  is  Jenni 
(cf.  2302),  just  as  in  I.,  I ;  no  other  fisherman  is  mentioned  among  the 
^ScrfOttCtt  (cf.  p.  3);  he  was  at  the  Riitli  (2290),  so  was  Ruodi  (stage 
direction  after  1098) ;  one  MS.  of  the  play  gives  here  the  name,  9£uobi, 
instead  of  $ifdjer»  We  are  evidently  to  suppose  simply  that,  after  I.,  1, 
Ruodi  and  Jenni  moved  into  another  hut  across  the  lake. 

2103.     If  there  ever  should  be  a  fight  for  liberty.     Cf.  1990,  note. 
21 14.     %t%  frciCtt  S0Zamte3,  i.  e.  of  Tell,  if  he  should  get  free  again. 

2121.    negate  S$txbtv%\  take  shelter.  — bem  $orf,  Sissigen  or  Sisi- 


ACT   IV.      SCENE    I.  221 

A 
kon,  a  small  village  at  the  foot  of  the  Axeuberg,  about  three  miles  from 

Fliielen. 

2125-7.  Sttttttb  bet  293al)rljett  refers  to  Attinghausen,  \>a$  fc^rltbc 
5(ttge,  possibly  to  Attinghausen  (Diintzer),  most  probably,  however, 
to  Rudenz,  after  Attinghausen's  death  (gftetfyerr  tot)  their  natural 
protector,  who,  though  seeing;  was  blind  to  their  interests.  Cf.  25cr= 
Mettbetcr,  840,  mettt  feljeitb  9Utge,  etc.,  2006.  (Riehemann-Beller- 
mann.)  —  $)cr  %XXCi  refers  to  Tell.  Without  these  three  representative 
men,  all  seems  to  him  lost,  hence  his  cry  of  desperation,  2130  ft. 

2129.  fommlid)  (cf.  Eng. « comely'),  Swiss  for  bequem,  angenefym. 
—  (511)  l)aufCttr  here  to  stay. 

2133.  The  inconsistency  of  such  elevated  language  in  the  mouth  of 
a  peasant  fisherman  has  been  often  noted;  Schiller  is  thought  to  have 
had  in  mind  the  famous  passage  in  King  Lear  (III.,  2)  : 

"  Blow,  winds,  and  crack  your  cheeks  !  rage !  blow  !  .  .  . 
Crack  Nature's  moulds,  all  germens  spill  at  once." 

2136.  2$>tflfe  .  .  ♦  bcr  grofjeit  233tt|tC,  cf.  the  legendary  account 
of  the  settlement  of  the  country  given  by  StaufTacher,  1261  ff.  933uftCr 
here  rather  wilderness  than  '  desert,'  is  probably  a  wrong  translation  of 
desertum,  a  name  given  to  vast  unsettled  and  hence  uncultivated,  but 
not  necessarily  barren,  tracts  of  land.     (Birlinger.) 

2153.  ba%  (e8)  gcbetet  ttierbe  (impersonal  pass.),  that  prayer  be 
offered.     The  subj.  indicates  purpose. 

2160.  ^MltMo3,  lit.  '  hand-less,'  i.  e.  offering  no  hold,  which,  like  a 
helping  hand,  might  be  grasped;  the  cliffs,  rising  steep  and  inaccessible, 
stare  him  in  the  face.  Note  the  highly  poetic  effect  of  the  alliteration 
and  unusual  word-order  in  these  lines. 

2165.  fid)  ttetfattgCtt,  has  once  been  caught.  The  lake  bed  here  is 
really  an  immense  gorge,  full  of  water.  Note  the  unusual  word-order 
in  the  next  lines. 

2171  f.  §errett=ftf)iff,  Governor's  boat,  cf.  §erren=burg,  771,  §er* 
xtxubanl,  807,  note.  Gessler's  boat  showed  red  (Habsburg- Austrian 
color)  deck  and  flag. 

2178.     gcbCtt  tud)t  ailf,  yield  not  to,  heed  not. 

2181.  ®rcif  (lit.  'seize')  nidjt  .  ,  .  in  ben  5lrm,  Stay  not  the 
judge's  arm  (i.  e.  by  your  prayer).     The  fisherman  knows  that  Tell  is 


222  NOTES. 

also  on  the  boat  (cf.  2104  ff.,  also  2215-18),  but  in  his  excitement  for- 
gets it. 

2186.    mtt  famt  (gufammen  mit),  together  with.    The  Steuermamt 

is  Tell,  whom  Ruodi  had  already  seen  handle  a  boat  (cf.  1 5 iff.,  see 
also  2196  f.). 

2188  ff.  SBuggi^grat  (=  « ridge  ')f  £atf=meffer,  2(£enberg,  dan- 
gerous, jutting  cliffs  on  the  east  shore,  some  two  miles  north  of  Fliielen. 
The  Xeitfel3=ntiutfter  is  a  similar  cliff  just  opposite,  on  the  west  shore. 

2194  f.  $htl)  (also  glitf),  glue,  etc.),  a  Swiss  word  for  'bald,  steep 
rock';  found  in  many  compounds;  cf.  g(iie4en,  $lcm8  Doit  ber  glue 
(Dramatis  Persons).  — gfil)=ft0^tg,  abruptly, precipitously .  gaf)  (mod- 
ern j[tif))  means  'sudden,'  cf.  GcilHOnt,  'sudden  anger';  fto^tg  (cf. 
©to£,  'stump'),  steep.  These  words  were  taken  from  Scheuchzer, 
whom  the  poet  follows  here. 

2215.    $aft  connects  with  tfltgt,  2214.  —  faljen  for  fangert. 

2220.  Mlfgcgcbttcr,  lit.  '  a  given-up  man,'  i.  e.  had  given  up  all 
hope  of  escape. 

2227.  (SJranfett  (lit.  'beak'),  the  pointed  end  of  a  boat;  ber  t>or= 
bere  (Sranfert  is  the  prow,  ber  fytntere  ©ranjert,  the  stem. 

222g  ff .  HctttCtt  5l£Cit,  a  lower  peak  of  the  Axenberg,  nearer  Fliielen. 
Note  the  omitted  endings  in  graufant  and  tttOtbertfd).     Cf.  10,  note. 

—  ©filKialj,  2194,  note)lutg£  I)crfur(for  l)er&or)brad).    Cf.  109,  875, 

notes. 

2238  ff.  tmffett  fid)  ,  ♦  .  tttdjt  Slat  (lit.  '  know  not  counsel  for  them- 
selves'), know  not  what  to  do.  —  be3  galjrett^  ♦  .  ♦  beridjtet,  skilled 

in  steering. 

2242.  fcitt  ,  ♦  ♦  brnudjtctt,  should  make  use  of  him.  The  gen. 
(fcilt)  with  braud)ert  is  poetical. 

2247  ff.  l)tc  bttltUClt,  Tschudi's  expression,  for  modern  rjon  barmen, 
Don  t)ier  fteg.  —  ful)r  rcbltd)  (Tschudi  again)  f)ittr  rowed  steadily  on. 
rebtid)  generally  means  honest{ly),  cf.  287.  This  story  of  Tell's  escape 
follows  Tschudi  very  closely.  —  ©dfiC^^Cltg  {shooting-implements) ,  his 
bow  and  quiver;  cf.  2226  f. 

2252.  25orteil  (lit.  '  advantage'),  old  military  expression  for  advan- 
tageous point. —  5tt!tt  (£]tt«f)>ringettr  lit.  'for  jumping  away,'  (Jo  see) 
if  a  chance  for  escape  might  present  itself. 

2257  f.    angeljew,  here  to  ascend.  —  uom  ©djiff  (ah)  .  .  .  $u  (er*) 


ACT   IV.      SCENE    2.  223 

retdjett,  to  reach  it  by  a  leap  from  the  boat.  —  Stfjne,  etc.,  takes  up 
2253  and  shows  Tell's  excitement.  —  fjattMttf)  ^U^UgCtjClt,  to  pull  {row) 
hard.  Tschudi's  (fyaittltcf))  $ugtttb  (=  jogett,  from  jie^en)  was  taken 
for  gugirtgert. 

2263.     $(n<jcftcttttttt.     Eng.  uses pres.  part,  bearing  on  (the  tiller). 

2266.  $latte  (now  ^etl^ptatte,  see  map),  a  flat  jutting  rock,  now 
crowned  with  a  little  chapel,  adorned  with  frescoes  illustrating  Tell's 
deeds. 

2279.     iiber  Sd)tt>t)3r  by  way  of  Schwyz. 

2283  ff.  2lrtl),  a  considerable  village  at  the  southern  end  of  Lake 
Zug.  The  fisherman  knows  a  shorter,  safer  route  along  the  west  shore 
of  Lake  Lowerz,  whereas  Gessler  intended  going  along  the  east  shore. 
See  map. 

2291.  tl)Ut  .  .  .  ttttr  ait,  do  me  the  kindness.  an=tf)Urt,  'to  do 
(something)  to'  (a  person). 

2295.  8cf)tt>ftl)Cr  (now  generally  the  same  as  @d)lt)ager,  '  brother- 
in-law  '),  here  in  its  old  sense  father-in-law,  i.  e.  Walther  Fiirst. 

2301.  jur  JHcbc  fommen,  more  commonly  gur  @prad)e  fommen,  be 
told.  Just  like  the  Tell  of  419,  445  f.  Lines  2283,  2299  ff.  seem  to 
indicate  that  his  plan  to  kill  Gessler  has  already  been  formed. 

The  despair  of  the  whole  Swiss  people  over  Tell's  fate  is  skillfully 
expressed  in  the  words  of  the  fisherman.  Despite  the  Riitli  meeting, 
there  seems  no  hope  now.  The  situation  is  relieved  by  the  news  of 
Tell's  remarkable  escape;  the  purposely  retarded  action  (cf.  end  of 
III.,  3)  can  go  on  again;  the  end  is  awaited  with  ever  increasing 
interest  and  expectancy. 

ACT  IV.     SCENE  2. 

After  the  scene  of  the  apple-shot,  when  Tell  had  been  led  away, 
Fiirst,  Stauffacher,  and  Melchthal  hasten  to  Attinghausen  (village,  cf. 
II.,  1 ;  see  map),  we  may  suppose,  in  response  to  the  news  that  the 
Freiherr  is  dying  (cf.  21 16)  ;  Tell's  boy  naturally  goes  with  his 
grandfather;  Hedwig's  presence  explains  itself.  The  scene  passes  at 
the  same  time  as  the  preceding. 

2304  f.  Dorfcet  ('past'),  //  is  all  over  with  him.  —  f)iniiBcr  (lit. 
'across'),^  is  gone.  —  bic  $t*btXt  a  down-feather,  held  to  or  laid  upon 
the  lips  to  see  if  the  breath  has  ceased. 


224  NOTES. 

2314  f.  tttit,  good  examples  of  the  common  ethical  dat.  which  often 
admits  of  no  adequate  translation. 

2326.  td)  fel)r  (i.  e.  present  for  vivid  future,  shall  see)  ,  ,  ,  gebltttbeit, 
she  either  imagines  this  or  has  heard  an  exaggerated  report. 

2332.  fc^Ctt  for  fet3eit  .  .  .  eitt,  to  stake. —  bt§  ©pie(3,  say  as  in  a 
game.  She  means  that  Tell  in  his  blind  excitement  has  staked  the 
child's  head  and  the  mother's  heart  upon  his  shot,  just  as  in  a  game  of 
chance  all  is  staked  on  a  card  or  a  throw  of  the  dice.  So  far  the 
mother  heart  runs  away  with  her  head;  her  thought  is  only  for  her  boy 
and  she  does  Tell  gross  injustice,  forgetting  that  his  own  and  the  boy's 
life  depended  on  the  shot. 

*  jjrof?ettf  i.  e.  with  a  look  of  surprise  and  reproach.  Reminded  of 
Tell's  own  suffering  (2334  ff.),  it  is  from  now  on  the  wife  that  speaks. 

2343.     fo  all  CHd)  gefyattbdt,  done  so  by  you.     Cf.  151  ff. 

2358.  btC  ^UjJCltrofe  is  really  not  a  rose,  but  a  kind  of  rhododen- 
dron, thriving  only  in  very  high  altitudes,  close  to  the  snow  line. 

2361.     *Balfam=ftrom  etc.,  refreshing  breezes. 

2374.  bCtt  ^ttttfer  (cf.  Eng.  *  youngster '),  name  given  to  young 
noblemen;    Rudenz,  of  course,  is  meant. 

2383.  He  means  that  ability  to  feel  pain  is  a  sign  of  life;  now  tha* 
all  pain  has  left  him,  death  is  coming. 

2397.     He  naturally  thinks  that  only  the  nobles  can  do  this. 

2401.     (£§  tturb,  etc.,  action  will  be  taken  (impersonal). 

2415  f.  tlJCUU  Z§  gilt,  i.e.  when  the  time  comes  for  actual  struggle. 
Cf.  1 92 1,  1990,  2103,  notes. 

2420.     Uttferer  (for  Ultfer,  gen.  with  fcebatf),  i.  e.  the  nobles. 

2422  f.  (££,  etc.,  perfectly  general;  there  will  be  life  (a  new  life) 
after  us.—  Qag  $crdid)Cf  etc.,  i.e.  liberty.—  5lnbrc  $rdfte,  i.e.  other 
than  the  nobles,  namely  the  people. 

2424  f .  A  reference  to  Walther  Tell  as  type  of  the  younger  genera- 
tion, the  citizen  class,  that  is  to  free  the  country.  Mention  of  the  apple 
seems  strange,  for,  most  probably,  the  Freiherr  knows  nothing  (cf. 
introductory  note  to  this  scene)  of  Tell's  daring  shot.  Contrast  this 
passage  with  the  pessimism  of  944-959. 

2431  ff.  The  Baron  speaks  of  political  and  social  tendencies  already 
current  —  the  greater  importance  of  the  towns  and  of  the  citizen  class, 
the  removal  of  the  nobility  to  the  cities  (2431   f.).  —  Ud)t(cf.  uhta, 


ACT   IV.       SCENE    2.  .  225 

'  morning-gray ')  laitb,  lit.  'twilight  (i.e.  foggy)  land';  the  old,  though 
still  common,  name  of  a  district  between  the  Bernese  Alps  and  the 
Jura;  it  includes  Lakes  Neuchatel,  Bienne  and  Murten,  and  was  once 
full  of  fog-covered  swamps,  later  reclaimed.  Sent  and  gretliUrg 
were  its  chief  towns. —  Xljurgatt  (lit.  'district  of  the  Thur'),  then 
much  larger  than  the  present  canton,  it  included  nearly  all  of  north- 
eastern Switzerland.  3tirtd),  its  chief  town,  was  very  important  com- 
mercially, hence  bic  rCjJC,  the  busy. —  hwffltct  ♦  ,  ♦  §CCr  (2436), 
against  Austria  in  the  battles  of  Winterthur  and  Dattwyl.  (J.  von 
Miiller.)  —  Qt§  brirfjt  »  .  ♦  bcr  SlOUige,  i.  e.  in  several  fruitless  attacks 
by  the  Habsburgs,  especially  by  Albrecht  II.,  in  135 1-2. 

2439  ff.  After  the  retrospect  comes  the  prophecy  for  the  future  — 
results  of  wars  with  the  Austrians  and  Burgundians.  Important  battles 
were  Morgarten  (in  131 5),  Laupen  (in  1339),  Sempach  (in  1386), 
Nafels  (in  1388). 

2443  ff.  mand)Cr  $a§,  Morgarten  (see  map)  and  Nafels,  directly 
east  of  Morgarten,  below  Lake  Zurich. —  ^er  iinitblUftUK.  Reference 
to  Arnold  von  Winkelried's  heroic  death  in  the  battle  of  Sempach.  Le- 
gend says  that  he  made  an  opening  for  his  comrades  by  seizing  as 
many  as  he  could  of  the  enemy's  lances  and  forcing  them  into  his  own 
breast. 

2451.  So  that  different  members  of  the  confederacy  may  come  to- 
gether quickly. 

2462.     i.  e.  the  liberation  of  the  Waldstatte. 

2478  f.     $ater,  said  to  Fiirst;   bic  ©ttrigc,  to  Stauffacher. 

2484.  tticffett  fid)  toerfe!)Cnf  what  shall  we  {one)  expect  of  (from) 
you.  fid)  uerfef)en  with  gen.  of  the  thing  (ttJCffctt)  means  '  to  look  con- 
fidently for,' '  expect/  ftd)  \\\  jemanbem  oerfefyen,  '  to  look  to  some  one.' 
Melchthal  had  good  reason  to  hesitate.  Cf.  Rudenz'  attitude  in  his  in- 
terview with  Attinghausen,  II.,  1. 

2489.  (£itt  SWlamte^mort,  good  as  any  man's  pledge. —  (gtaitb,  i.  e. 
rank  or  class  in  the  community. 

2500.  £>atttt  ♦  ♦  ♦  tJCrgleirfjett,  then  we  will  adjust  (lit.  'compare') 
our  differences  (e£)  in  peace. 

2529.  bic  frcic  (£ble,  Bertha  was  an  (5bel*fraufetn,  also  9tttter= 
frdutcin  (936,  note,  939). —  bcr  Xljramt  (also  bcr  SSittenbe,  2533)  is, 

of  course,  Gessler  who,  enraged  at  Bertha's  defense  of  Tell  (1923  ff.), 


226  NOTES. 

has  had  her  secretly  carried  away  from  her  home  (in  some  castle  in  the 
Waldstatte,  cf.  1660)  and  imprisoned. 

2534-  SKkldjer  ($enm(tf  etc.,  what  criminal  force  they  (Gessler's 
minions)  will  make  bold  to  use.     (Cf.  940  ff.,  1668-1673.) 

2542.     ttid)t3  gefte3  .  .  ,    erfaffcit,  get  hold  of  nothing  definite. 

2547.     £)&,  etc.,  for  (lim  gU  DcrflldjCll)  ob,  to  see  if  we,  etc. 

2553.  be?  .  ♦  ♦  fihtttte,  remarkable  subj.  with  relative,  expressing 
remote  wish  or  purpose;  (jy?  cowardly)  that  he  could  ox  so  co7uard/y  as 
to,  etc. 

2555.  Cf.  748,'  note,  1422  f.  23otett-ferjd,  lit.  'messenger-sail/ 
peculiar  compound  for  $8oteiufd)tff,/#.tf  (packet-)  boat. 

2559.  A  remarkable  example  of  poetic  word-order.  Furst  and 
Stauffacher,  not  opposing  Rudenz  and  Melchthal,  seem  to  feel  that  the 
Riitli  oath  would  not  be  violated  by  immediate  action. 

The  scene  gives  Tell  time  for  the  journey  begun  2294,  and  relates 
development  among  the  Eidgenossen  meanwhile.  Tell's  mind  is  made 
up;  Rudenz,  too,  has  felt  the  tyrant's  hand  and  is  roused  to  the  fight- 
ing point.  Prince  and  peasant  (Melchthal)  have  joined  hands.  From 
two  sides,  individual  (Tell)  and  general  (Rudenz  and  confederates), 
the  blow  is  impending  which  shall  set  the  Schwitzer  free.  The  grand 
old  patriarch,  Attinghausen,  though  he  has  never  suffered  as  tht  rest, 
gives  their  cause  his  dying  blessing. 


ACT  IV.     SCENE  3. 

*  This  scene  connects  directly  with  IV.,  1  (2300  ff.)  ;  during  Scene  2 
Tell  has  come  to  the  end  of  his  journey  from  the  lake;  we  find  him 
later  in  the  afternoon  of  the  same  day.  The  ^{j])lt  ®ttffc,  hollow  way, 
then  a  deep,  narrow  road  between  overhanging  rocks  and  trees,  has 
been  filled  up  by  a  good  modern  turn-pike.  The  place,  half  a  mile 
from  Immensee,  is  marked  by  Tell's  chapel  (see  map). 

2568.  U!)r  (=©anb*Ul)r)  ,  .  .  abgelaufeit,  reference  to  the  run- 
ning sand  in  the  hour-glass;   thy  hour  has  come. 

2572  ff.    Ijerau^gefrijrctft,   aroused  from.  —  2flUtf)  ber  frommen 

2>enfart  (cf.  Eng.  'milk  of  human  kindness'),  i.  e.  Gessler  had  filled 
his  peaceful  nature  with  rankling  poison  (of  hatred,  revenge). 


ACT   IV.      SCENE   3.  227 

2584  f.  ofjtttttadjtig,  (lit.  '  powerless,'  here  vainly)  fleljettb,  etc., 
as  I  writhed  in  vain  e?itreaty  before  thee.  —  ^fltttal^  takes  up  again 
the  $a  in  2580.  Dl)nmad)t,  by  popular  etymology  from  ofyrte  and 
2ftad)t,  is  really  from  older  Dmad)t  (=  a  [negative]  maht). 

2590.  Tell  thus  has  two  grounds  for  his  action  —  natural  and  neces- 
sary defense  of  his  family,  upon  which  he  felt  Gessler  would  soon  wreak 
vengeance  for  his  escape,  and  the  sacred  debt  of  keeping  the  oath  wrung 
from  him  in  a  moment  of  agony  by  Gessler's  cruelty. 

2596.  $>irfj  jebeS  (#reucl3  .  .  .  erfrcdjcn  (cf.  frecf),  'bold,'  'im- 
pudent'), to  dare  (to  do)  unpunished  every  horrible  deed. 

2598.     Addressed  to  the  arrow  which  he  now  takes  from  his  quiver. 

2601.  Utt=burd)=bring=Ud),  lit.  'impenetrable'  (fig.  of  arrow  and 
target),  inaccessible  to.  —  fromtltC  23ttte,  i.  e.  the  requests  of  Gessler's 
subjects. 

2604.  greube  ©Jrielen,  i.  e.  greubensfdjiegen,  2649,  shooting 
matches. 

2610.  5lttf  btefer  Saitf,  etc.,  this  famous  line  is  often  quoted  as  an 
instance  of  Schiller's  "  bad  grammar";  auf  with  verb  of  motion  takes 
ace,  but  fid)  fc^Cll  has  here  the  force  of  ^la^  nefymett,  auSrilljen  (rest), 
hence,  very  correctly,  the  dat. 

2612.  trcibt  fid)  .  .  .  rafd)  .  .  .  H0ritberr  each  hurries  past  the 
other  (like  a  stranger)  carelessly. 

2616  f.  letdjt  gefdjiir^te,  '  lightly  girt,'  i.  e.,  figuratively,  careless, 
easy-going;  note  the  contrast  with  forgen&oU  ;  also  anbad)ttg —  btifter 

—  Ijetter.    (Breul.)  —  Ijettre  <Bp\dmannt  jolly  minstrel.  —  Saunter, 

driver  of  ©auiturofj  (876),  ■  pack-horse.' 

2620.     a\l$  (£ttbr  bcr  aSclt,  i.  e.  out  into  the  world. 

2625.  (of)tte  baft)  cr  CUd)  CttOa§  brad)tr,  without  bringing  you 
something. 

2627.  2tmmon£I)0nt,  ammonite,  a  kind  of  fossil  shell,  so  called 
because  it  looks  like  the  ram's  horns  ascribed  to  Jupiter  Ammon.  — 
ttJarr3r  either  it  was  .  .  .  or. 

2637.  firiftt  fid)r£  (usually  with  bod))  ,  ,  ,  dcrbriefjcn  (lit.  'vex'), 
does  not  let  it  weary  him.     The  word-order  is  very  emphatic. 

2641  f.  This  story  that  hunters  cut  open  the  ball  of  the  foot  and 
glue  themselves  to  the  steep  rocks  with  the  congealing  blood  is  taken 
from  Scheuchzer  and  not  from  actual  life.     They  do  use  resin,  but  not 


228  NOTES. 

blood.  ©rat(Ht.  'ridge,'  *crag')tter,  a  kind  of  chamois,  living  only  on 
the  highest  crags;  it  is  red-brown  in  color  and  much  smaller  than  the 
ordinary  chamois,  called  2Bafbtier,  which  lives  on  the  wooded  slopes. 

2650.  b(l§  23cftC  (name  given  to  the  victor's  prize  in  a  shooting 
match),  the  best  prize  (cf.  2643-4). 

Tell's  shot  must  be  justified  as  righteous  self-defense,  lest  it  appear  as 
murder.  Nor  must  it  be  the  work  of  sudden  anger,  hence  in  a  mo?io- 
logue  he  calmly  arraigns  his  purpose  before  the  bar  of  his  own  con- 
science and  deliberately  decides  that  he  may  and  must  kill  the  tyrant  to 
protect  his  home  and  his  life. 

*  $od)=-$ett,  lit.  ■  wedding,'  here,  of  course,  wedding  party.  The 
poetic  force  of  the  contrast  between  the  wedding  and  Gessler's  death  is 
very  strong.  —  attf  .  ,  ♦  SBogett  flclcl)ltt,  leaning,  etc.,  cf.  2263,  note. 
—  ^htrfdjit^  (lit.  '  field-shooter  ') ,  ranger,  glur  (Eng.  ■  floor '),  '  level 
plain,'  also,  indoors,  ■  floor,'  ■  hall-way.' 

2652  ff.  $Uofter=ttteFrr  name  given  to  the  overseer  of  monastery 
farm-work  and  property;  cf.  1073,  note.  —  SBrailMdltf  l)fift,  is  getting 
married.  58raut4auff  lit.  '  bridal-race,'  because  in  old  German  wed- 
dings a  race  for  the  bride  was  actually  run;  the  word,  outliving  the 
custom,  has  become  synonymous  with  §0cf)geit.  —  @Cttteit,  allied  with 
©enne  (15),  a  small  herd  of  cattle  (generally  over  20)  tended  by  a 
©enn  in  the  high  Alps. — 511  ^tmfcc,  from  (lit.  'at')  fmisee,  same 
as  3mmettfee  (see  map). 

2660  f .  UCljmt  tttit,  etc.,  take  whatever  comes,  i.  e.  whatever  pleas- 
ure comes  along.  —  tmtft  .  .  .  letdjt  ergrctfctt,  be  quick  to  take. 

2663.  Stiissi  does  not  understand  such  mysterious  references,  the 
reader  does  —  this  serves  to  heighten  the  dramatic  effect. 

2665  ff.  (£ttt  tftufft,  etc.,  There's  been  a  landslide  in  Glarus.  ^illffi 
(also  Sftufi,  3tiift,  etc.),  Swiss  name  for  the  often  v^ry  dangerous  land- 
slides occurring  mainly  in  spring.  —  (SHftwif rf),  a  cluster  of  peaks  rising 
10,000  feet  above  Glarus,  capital  of  canton  Glarus,  east  of  Schwyz. 

2670.  $)(J,  etc.,  For  instance,  I  met  a  man.  —  23tlbCtt  (cf.  ©tein  £U 
SBaben,  2966),  a  small  town  on  the  Limmat,  north-west  of  Zurich  in  Aar- 
gau;  Emperor  Albrecht  had  a  castle  there,  destroyed  by  the  Swiss  in  141 5. 

2677.  sMan  betttetr3  attf,  etc.  (lit.  ■  point  it  to  '),  they  say  it  means, 
etc.;  cf.  note  on  benfert  aitf,  614.  Very  natural  among  these  semi- 
superstitious  peasants.     All  this  is  one  of  Tschudi's  stories. 


ACT    IV.       SCENE    3.  229 

2691  f.     bCt  StlDttt,  the  Muotta  (see  map).  —  Swfyt  ...  an  itytt 

^cf.  ©efnd)  an  jemanben  ricfyten,  which  explains  the  unusual  an  +  acc- 

here),  i.  e.  have  you  some  request  to  make  of  him  ? 
*  nati)  ber  tJOrbcnt  8CCHC,  to  the  front  of  the  stage. 

2703.  mcitt  Stbtaq  (for  metne  £eb=tage ;  cf.  Eng.  coll.  'all  the 
days  of  my  life  '),  as  long  as  I  live. 

2707  f.  would  have  gone  to  the  bottom  (!jn  ©Htttb)  with  all  on 
board  (mtt  SKattlt  Ultb  9)tatt3),  cf.  331,  note.  $em  (emphatic)  Bolt, 
such  people.  —  bet  (fommen),  'get  at,'  i.  e.  hurt. 

2709.     ttJO  faitt  .  ♦  ♦  fyttt,  w//*/v  /to  .  .  .  gone. 

2713  f.    iljm  (i.  e.  $olf)  fanft  tljun,  ^  w//i  with.  —  bcr  Stmt, 

/Vfc*  question. 

2716.     brtltgT  .  .  .  aitf  bring  up,  i.  e.  ask  what  she  wants  to. 

2727  f.  $ie  (demonst.),  these.  —  im  SBcrf  Ultb  2BcrbCUf  are  going 
on  and  coming. 

2730.  &ater  .  .  .  begotUtett,  i.  e.  what  Rudolf  of  Habsburg,  Em- 
peror from  1273  to  1291,  had  done  by  establishing  the  supremacy  of  the 
House  of  Austria.  —  Sofylt,  Albrecht. 

2736.  SBatfcit,  now  orphans,  here  in  older  sense  of  fatherless  (as 
here,  since  the  father  was  in  prison)  or  motherless  children. 

2739.  233ilb*fyeu--er,  wild  hayer ;  poor  peasants,  with  no  pastures 
of  their  own,  who  cut  "  free  "  (unclaimed)  grass  on  almost  inaccessible 
heights,  cf.  2740  ff. 

2751.    3n  (Jnto)  bcu  fedjften  2Wonb  (=2ftonat),  going  on  six 

months. 

2758.     ©djafft,  etc.,  Get  this  .  .  .  out  of  my  sight. 
2775.      Get  her  away  from  here. 

2781.    tote  e3  (fein)  foU. 

2786.  3d)  tt)iU  —  Qbott  fci  mix  gttabig.  Gessler's  cruelty  reaches 
its  climax  in  terrible  threats  for  the  future;  skillfully  and  with  great 
dramatic  effect,  does  the  poet  choose  this  the  best  of  all  opportunities  to 
cut  him  down;  his  last  act  of  cruelty  —  riding  down  a  helpless  mother 
and  her  children  (invented  by  the  poet  for  this  very  purpose)  —  so 
vividly  recalls  his  past  villainy  and  so  righteously  enrages  the  reader 
that  Tell's  deed  appear*  as  just  retribution,  the  rescue  of  his  country 
and  people,  not  as  inu.ider. 

2810  ff.     Now  death  lays  hold  of  (lit.  '  approaches ')  his  heart.  —  gc* 


230  NOTES. 

fcrodjett,  cf.  866,  note.  —  (geljt  SHttber.  The  contrast  between  these 
innocent  children  and  the  dying  tyrant  is  indeed  very  strong;  so  also 
that  in  2804. 

2815.     fieget  £anb  a«f  Take  hold. 

2818.  SQdQt  t§,  Just  dare  it!  implying  that  he  had  better  not.  The 
moment  the  tyrant  is  gone  the  peasants  change  their  tone. 

2822.      3ft  C3,  etc.,  Has  it  come  to  that? 

*  S3armI)Cr5tgC  23riiber.  The  order  of  the  Brothers  of  Mercy 
was  established  in  1540  by  Juan  di  Dio  (also  called  Juan  Ciudad) 
in  Seville;  Schiller  probably  thought  it  much  older.  Their  dress  was 
black,  hence  Stiissi's  rude  reference  to  them  as  ravens  around  a  corpse. 

2836  ff.  ($3  ftiir^t  tl)tt  (fig.  of  runner) ,  he  is  overthrown  ;  t§  rctfjt 
♦  .  .  fort,  he  is  hurried  away.  — XMX  ,  ,  .  JKtdjtcr  ftcI)Ctt  (for  treten, 
jtd)  ftcHen).  This  chorus,  after  the  manner  of  that  in  Greek  tragedy, 
which  Schiller  had  imitated  the  year  before  in  the  Sraiit  t»01l  Sfteffitta, 
is  a  very  solemn  and  impressive  close  to  the  scene. 

The  expected  catastrophe  comes;  the  individual  blow  (Scene  2,  end) 
has  been  struck.  Swiss  freedom  is  half  achieved  (Rudenz'  expedition 
being  still  in  doubt).  The  scene,  one  of  the  finest  Schiller  ever  wrote, 
is  worthy  of  the  events  it  describes.  Not  onlyvare  the  beginning  and 
end,  the  monologue  and  the  chorus  very  impressive,  but  the  many 
striking  contrasts  —  Tell  and  Stiissi,  ber  cmftc  (Safi —  ba&  §od)gett8= 
Ijaug,  2658,  the  9ftorb  and  SJhlfif,  2804,  the  innocent  children  and  the 
dying  tyrant,  2812,  etc.,  etc.,  are  also  very  effective. 


ACT  V.     SCENE  1. 

The  scene  is  again  laid  in  Altorf,  before  Zwing  Uri  (I.,  3) ;  the  time 
is  the  morning  after  Gessler's  death. 

2840  ff.   geifrftgnale,  cf.2555. — $ie  S3urgettr  Rossberg  and  Sarnen, 
2846.     Sod),  i.  e.  Zwing  Uri,  cf.  371. 

2848.  ©tier  t>0tt  llrt,  Bull  of  Uri.  The  name  Uri  is  thought 
to  be  derived  from  Ur  =  auer-ox  ;  Uri's  coat-of-arms  showed  the  bull's 
head,  and  in  battle  her  troops  carried  an  enormous  bull's  horn  (1092), 
which  was  carried  and  blown  by  one  called  ber  ©tier  Holt  Uri. 

2849.  $od}=ttiad}tf  a  high  watch-tower^  different  from  1442. 


ACT   V.       SCENE    I.  231 

2853  ff.     Very  characteristic  of  the  old,  over-cautious  Fiirst. 

2858.     Have  we  not  enough  in  these,  etc. 

2865.     tm  ilauf  (lit. '  on  its  course  '),  i.  e.  it  has  begun.   (Buchheim.) 

2875.    Sftanmlid),  for  usual  mtinnUd).— 2Bage=tljatf  daring  deed. 

2880 f.  ®C^lcrT3  S3«b  (  =  $nappe),  i.  e.  his  servant,  no  doubt  one 
of  several  who  had  brought  Bertha  here.  Cf.  2529,  note;  2883. — 
23nutctf=er=Utr  lit.  'she  of  Bruneck';  note  fern,  ending  in  and  cf. 
281  f.,  note. 

2888.  $50  gait  (cf.  1921,  1990,  notes),  That  was  the  time  for. — 
®cfrf)ttJtnb(i  quick  >fet!tf  promptness. 

28go  ff.  IjtittCU  »  ♦  ♦  flcltebt,  i.  e.  would  have  hesitated  and  taken 
no  risk.  —  fe^tClt  ,  ,  ,  gctroft  .  .  .  bratt,  cheerjully  risked. 

2902  f .    in  alien  Sd)icffal3*proben,  in  every  trial.  —  fiber  ben 

23ninta,(*paf3),  see  map;  it  is  allied  to  Bruneck,  Bertha's  family  name. 
Cf.  1 1 94,  note.  The  chroniclers  say  he  was  allowed  to  go  north,  to- 
wards Luzern. 

2906.  Wad)  jagtT,  Exceedingly  poetic  and  emphatic  word-order; 
/  rushed  (flew)  after  him. 

291 1.  Urp^ebe  (properly  Ur--fef)be,  but  cf.  late  Latin  urpheda), 
Ur=,  lit.  'out,'  hence  'over  with';  gef)be,  'feud,'  hence  'feud  at  an 
end.'  It  is  an  oath  not  to  avenge  wrong  suffered,  i.  e.  oath  to  keep  the 
peace.     Say :  He  swore  a  solemn  oath  never  to  return. 

2923.  ber  JJretljett  .  .  .  ^Ctdjen,  as  it  always,  from  ancient  times, 
has  been.     We  still  speak  of  the  "  cap  of  Liberty." 

2934.     WOllcn,  are  ready  to. 

2947-  23wcff  also  SBritgg,  allied  to  SBriicf^e, '  bridge,'  is  a  small  town 
on  the  Aar,  near  the  mouth  of  the  Reuss,  some  20  miles  from  Zurich. 

2949.  Schiller  intends  this  as  a  tribute  to  his  friend,  the  great 
Swiss  historian,  Johannes  von  Miiller,  a  native  of  Schaffhausen  (lived 
1 752-1 809),  whose  personal  letters  and  "  History  of  Switzerland"  were 
of  great  assistance  in  writing  the  play. 

2952  f.  Duke  Johann  was  the  son  of  Rudolf,  Albrecht's  brother 
and  is  the  same  as  §ergog  §atl8  of  1338  ff.  The  murder  was  really 
done  on  May  2,  1308. 

2954  ff.    be£  $ater=morb3,  here  for  SBerroanbterumovb.    Cf.  Lat. 

parricidium,  meaning  the  murder  of  any  near  relative;  hence  the 
name  Johann  Parricida  (3165),—  ba£  Daterltdje  Qttbef  Konrad  Hunn 


232  NOTES. 

speaks  offeitt  3ftiittertid)e§,  1344,  note.  Tschudi  mentions  both.  —  (&§ 
l)ie§,  it  was  rumored;  they  said. —  bcmtm  ♦  .  ♦  tfttgett,  cut  off  from. — 

a&5ufmb?tt  (cf.  Eng.  'pay  off'),/«/  off  with,  etc. —  2Bte  bem  ♦  ♦  .  fei, 

Be  that  as  it  may. 

2966  ff.  @teitt  $tt  SBdfeen,  name  of  Albrecht's  castle.  Cf.  2670, 
note,     ©tettt  is  very  common  in  such  castle  names;    cf.  9ftt)eirt=fteut, 

^omg^ftom—  ©en  (for  ©egett,  towards)  9fUjetnfelb(=en),  cf-  I32A-U 

note. —  4pof=ftfltt,  i.e.  court;  temporary  residence. —  §an§  (Johannvon 
Schwaben,  2953),  Albrecht's  nephew;   fieojjolb,  Albrecht's  son. 

2975.  flltc  ♦  ♦  ♦  <St(lbt,  the  old  Roman  town  of  Vindonissa,  a  border 
fortress  against  the  Germans  and  one  of  the  capitals  of  Helvetia, 
but  destroyed  in  594  by  Childebert  II.,  Emperor  of  the  Franks;  now 
village  of  Windisch. 

2977  f.  §ab§bMVq,  shortened  from  §abttf)t«(hawk's) burg. —  SSo 
(=  Don  tt)0),  whence.  Except  in  the  date  (cf.  2952  f.,  note),  Schiller 
has  adhered  closely  to  Tschudi's  account. 

2983.     5(ttf  bcttt  ©etncnr  i.  e.  upon  his  own  territory. 

2993.  StcntD  (i.e.  9ietcf)8=ftanb,  division  of  the  Empire);  every 
district.     A  @tattb  was  sometimes  also  a  single  city. 

2997  f.  be£  33aiUte£,  i.  e.  the  ban  of  excommunication.  —  $)et 
Ultgant  JiOUtgiu,  Agnes  was  Albrecht's  oldest  daughter  and,  since 
1 301,  widow  of  Andreas  III.  of  Hungary. 

3001  ff.  The  chroniclers  tell  many  stories  of  her  vindictive  revenge; 
that  the  castles  of  the  murderers  were  destroyed  and  hundreds  of  men, 
women,  and  children  (gan^C  ^eugiUtgeit,  whole  generations)  killed. 
Modern  history  gives  her  a  better  character. —  in  sD}aieittCM,  Bullinger 
says  that  after  having  had  63  men  beheaded,  she  walked  about  in  their 
blood,  saying  she  was  "  bathing  in  May  dew." 

3013.  fid)  felbft,  etc.,  it  is  its  own  fearful  food.  Cf.  Shakespeare's: 
1  doth  make  the  meat  it  feeds  upon.' 

3023.  In  Nov.  1308  the  Electors  did  assert  their  independence  of 
Habsburg  by  choosing  Henry  of  Luxemburg,  who  reigned,  as  Henry  VII., 
1308-1313. 

3025  ff.    metyrften  (now  vulg.)  for  meijtat.—  3fi  jn  Ijoffen  onf 

(future,  614,  note),  there  is  hope  of.  Henry  did  confirm  (in  1309)  the 
old  (Friedrich  II.)  charters  of  Uri  and  Schwyz  and  granted  one  of 
the  same  kind  to  Unterwalden. 


ACT   V.       SCENE    2.  233 

3032  s.     fcefrfjeibett,  here  =  obedient.    Cf.  also  554,  note. —  (gl^bctl), 
for  (SUfabetlj,  widow  of  Albrecht.— aUc3  ®ttte3,  for  atleS  ©Utc. 
3037.    ^in=frf)Ctb(en),  death. 

3042.     Cf.  2484,  note.     The  usual  gen.  is  replaced  by  $0$  e£,  etc. 
3046.     $or=fd)U&  (t)Or-fd)teben,  'shove  along'),  aid. 
3058.     Cf.  1327  ff.     Did  he  even  deign  to. 

3063  ff.    riifyrte  ♦ . .  an,  remarkable  form,  for  nmrbe  angeritfjrt  I)a= 

Ben.—  fnnttte  fcitt,  could  have  been. 
3068.    $>te  (biejemgen,  bte)  cr  gemeljrt,  those  whom  he  has  helped. 

3074.  tO\U  #  ,  ♦  ttid)t  gcbitljren,  very  emphatic,  is  by  no  means  our 
duty.     (Buchheim.) 

3081  f .    j$U  cbCtt  bicfcm,  to  this  same.—  Straiten,  i.  e.  of  sympathy. 

The  other  attack  (Rudenz-Melchthal)  upon  the  tyrants  has  also  been 
successful  (cf.  IV.,  2,  end),  the  triumph  of  liberty  is  complete  and  per- 
manent. The  scene  shows  that  all  danger  is  over,  now  that  the  tyrants' 
castles  are  destroyed ;  nor  is  revenge  from  without  to  be  feared,  for  the 
Emperor  is  dead  and  another,  more  kindly  disposed,  will  rule  in  his 
stead. 

ACT  V.     SCENE  2. 

*  JCigt  ittr3  $fttitf  lit.  'points  into  the  free'  (air),  i.  e.  affords  a 
view  out  doors.  The  scene  is  the  same  as  in  III.,  1 ;  time  same  as  in  V.,  1. 

3088.     Ultb  aUt$  (ift  fret),  and  everybody  is  free. 

3093.    ©ittg  .  .  ♦  Ijart  toorbci  (tyart  rare  for  na^e  or  bid)t,  cf.  Eng. 

'  hard  by  '),  lit. '  passed  hard  by  my  life,'  i.  e.  came  very  near  hitting  me. 

*  mit  5cr=ftbrtcn  3U9C11,  with  haigard>  wild  look-  ger=ftort,  gener- 
ally '  ruined,'  here  for  t>cr=ftort,  *  troubled.' 

31 10.  tOH§  ift  (Slid),  what  is  the  matter  with  you.  At  once  her 
woman's  instinct  tells  her  something  is  wrong. 

31 13.     233ie  and),  however  much. —  Iect)5ettb,  longing. 

31 1 7  f.     A  very  ancient  and  classic  invocation  of  hospitality. 

3125.  fdjltiirt  (lit.  'lace  up,'  hence  '  compress  ')  mir  bus  Sttltre  £11, 
your  look  oppresses  my  heart.  Hedwig's  gradually  increasing  fear, 
prompted  by  her  intuition  alone,  is  well  portrayed. 

*  I)dlt  fid)  (W,  takes  hold  of  something  to  support  herself. 

3139.     Quite  a  common  custom  in  classic  as  well  as  mediaeval  times. 


234  NOTES. 

3145.  frei,  i.  e.  with  a  clear  conscience.  Gives  Tell's  own  view  of 
his  deed.  Compare  his  consciousness  of  innocence  with  Parricida's 
manner. 

3I59-  3ft*  ttwret.  The  subj.,  following  indie,  fcib  (3156),  power- 
fully expresses  Tell's  hesitation;  he  can  hardly  believe  what  he  hears; 
You  are  .  .  .  can  it  be  that  you  are? 

3162  f.  toofynett,  for  toeilen,  stay. —  £er$og  toon  Dfterretdj,  another 

name  for  the  same  Herzog  Johann  von  Schwaben  of  2953,  called  in 
history  Johannes  Parricida  (cf.  2954,  note). 

3171.     Tell's  angry  contempt  makes  him  say  btt, 

3176  ff.  This  passage  embodies  the  real  purpose  of  this  scene  —  to 
so  contrast  the  deed  of  Parricida  with  that  of  Tell,  as  to  make  the  one 
appear  murder,  the  other  self-defense,  thus  fully  vindicating  Tell. 

3184.     sJ?id)t3  tetlT,  etc.,  I  have  nothing  in  common  with  you. 

3192  f.  fo  jttltg,  he  was  18  years  old.—  ($nf cl  sJhlbotyl)3,  i.  e.  his 
father,  Rudolf,  was  son  of  Rudolph  of  Habsburg,  who,  unlike  Albrecht, 
was  much  esteemed  in  the  Forest  Cantons. 

3195.    $e3  armen  2ftamte3,  expands  meiner. 
3199.    be^wang,  for  begtuungen  Ijatte;  fomtte  toerbett,  for  fyatte 
toerben  fonnen. 
3201.    i.  e.  meinen  juttgen  Setter  Seopolb,  Albrecht's  second  son, 

later  signally  defeated  at  Morgarten.  The  passage  is  based  on  Joh. 
v.  M  tiller's  account. 

3210.  According  to  Weiss  all  were  executed  but  Walther  von  Eschen- 
bach,  who  escaped  to  Wiirtemberg  and  became  a  herdsman,  and  Parri- 
cida himself,  who,  after  having  found  refuge  in  a  monastery  in  Pisa, 
was  condemned  to  life-imprisonment  by  Henry  VII. 

3213.  Tschudi's  expression;  i.  e.  their  friends  were  forbidden  to 
shelter  them,  their  enemies  allowed  to  kill  them. 

3216.     2Biifter  cf.  2136,  note. 

3218.  faljre  fdjauberttb,  start  back  shuddering  {afraid  of  myself) 
if  etc. 

3223.  2Rettfd)  bet  ©linbe,  sinful  (in  perfectly  general  sense) 
mortal. 

3244.  ftUbed  (generally  hrilbetl)  2attfe£,  adv.  gen.,  in  its  wild 
course. 

3245.  <Sel)Tr  Am  I  to  se-e.     Cf.  2970. 


ACT    V.       SCENE    2.  235 

3253  ff.  This  <5d)retfeit$*ffrfl&*  runs  along  the  steep  bank  of  the 
Reuss  through  the  wild  mountain  gorge  of  Schollenen,  from  Goschenen 
to  the  Devil's  Bridge  (bie  Srutfe,  tt>efd)e  ftiittbetr  the  spray-covered 
bridge;  cf.  (&taubbad),  III.,  2,  introductory  note);  this  latter  (since 
1830  a  new  granite  structure)  was  once  a  slight  hanging  chain-bridge 
spanning  the  Reuss,  where  it  dashes  over  the  rocks  around  the  £eufet§= 
ftein,  covering  the  bridge  with  spray.  Avalanches  (333inbe^tt>el)ett,  lit. 
drifts  forced  along  by  wind)  from  the  icy  summits  above  (3>od),  lit. '  yoke,' 
4  mountain-ridge ')  are  very  common  and  dangerous  along  this  road. 

3259.  rci|t  ♦  ♦  .  fid)  ttllf  ('  tears  itself  open'),  i.  e.  opens  suddenly. 
This  rocky  gateway  is  the  so-called  Urtter  £ocf),  once  a  narrow  cleft, 
since  1707  quite  a  wide  tunnel,  over  200  feet  long. 

3261.  This  bright  vale  of  joy  is  the  Urferentfyal;  its  open,  green 
pastures  are  in  marked  contrast  to  the  gloomy  gorges  just  described. 

3265.  bettte3  IRetdjeS  SSobett,  Canton  Tessin  and  Italy,  part  of  the 
Holy  Roman  Empire.     Cf.  266,  note. 

3267.  bte  ettl'gett  (Seen,  seven  small  lakes  on  the  Gotthard  Pass, 
fed  by  the  eternal  snows  on  the  high  Alps. 

3270  f .  eilt  aitbrer  (Strom,  the  Tessin,  or  Ticino,  which,  like  the 
Reuss,  has  its  source  in  the  lakes  just  mentioned. —  (Slid)  (&a\.,for  you) 
\>a$  gelobte,  the  Promised  Land,  i.e.  of  rest  and  safety;  cf.  Bible  term 
3)a*  getobte  2anb  =  the  "  Holy  Land." 

The  drama  closes  as  it  began  with  fine  descriptions  of  nature;  here 
its  rugged  grandeur,  there  (Act  I.,  Sc.  1)  its  exquisite  beauty;  it  is 
indeed  remarkable  that  Schiller  who  was  never  in  Switzerland  can 
describe  the  scenery  and  localities  so  vividly  and  accurately.  For  his 
account  of  the  Gotthard  road  he  relied  on  Meiners'  SBriefc  liber  bte 
©djtttetg,  on  Miiller,  and  on  the  chroniclers;  much  attracted  by  the 
theme  he  used  it  again  in  one  of  his  best  lyrics,  SBergltfb,  in  which  all 
the  points  mentioned  above  recur. 

*  bcbeutet  .  .  .  £aitb,  makes  a  sign  to  him. 

3291.  &nedjte,  i.  e.  the  (Saffen,  1209,  note,  eigne  Seute,  1081,  note, 
1 1 43.     Appropriate  ending  for  this  drama  of  freedom. 

The  scene  has  the  purpose  of  still  further  justifying  the  deed  of  Tell, 
by  comparing  it  with  Parricida's.  The  murder  of  the  Emperor  is  all 
the  more  vivid  in  the  murderer's  presence.  Tell  vindicates  himself  pub- 
licly as  he  had  already  done  privately  (2561  ff.). 


FAMILIAR   QUOTATIONS   FROM   Stell 


1.  ©reif  an  mit  ©ott !    2)em  Sftdcijften  mug  man  Ijelfen.    (fluom,  107.) 

2.  2Bo'8  not  tfyut,  lafit  fU3|  atfe8  magen.    (£ea,  136.) 

3.  2)er  brace  9ftann  benft  an  ftdO  fetbft  gulefct.    0CeB(  139.) 

4.  SSom  ftdjern  $ort  fdgt  fid)'«  gemdd)Ud)  raten.    (ftuobi,  hi.) 

5.  3d)  t}ah'  g:tt)an,  ma8  id)  nid)t  taffen  fonnte.    (XeU,  160.) 

6.  £)er  fluge  9flann  baut  Dor.    (©ertrub,  274.) 

7.  2)em  2Jcutigen  Ijilft  ©ott.    (©ertrub,  313.) 

8.  UnbittigeS  ertrdgt  fein  ebleS  £erg.    (©ertrub,  317.) 

9.  2)ie  tefcte  ®aty  ftefyt  aud)  bem  ©djttmdjften  often,    (©ertrub,  328.) 

10.  2Ba8  §dnbe  bauten,  fonnen  §dnbe  ftiiqen.    (£ea,  388.) 

11.  S)a«  fd)tt)ere  §erg  mirb  nid)t  burdj  2Borte  ieidjt.    (£ea,  419.) 

12.  2)ie  fdjneflen  §errjd)er  ftnb'8,  bic  fuq  regieren.    (Sea,  423.) 

13.  2)em  grieMid)en  gemdfyrt  man  gem  ben  grieben.    (Seu,  429.) 

14.  23eim  ©djiffbrud)  Ijitft  ber  (Singelne  fidt)  teidjter.    (Sea,  434.) 

15.  (Sin  jeber  gdtjtt  nur  ftdjer  auf  fid)  felbft.    (Sea,  436.) 

16.  SBerbunben  merben  and)  bie  ©d)mad)en  mddjtig.   (Stauffadjer,  437.) 

17.  2)er  ©tarfe  if*  am  mddjtigften  attein.    (Sea,  438.) 

18.  D,  maajtig  iji  ber  £rieb  be8  SBaterlanbs!    (2itting$aufen,  849.) 

19.  @d)rec!Ud)  immer, 

5tucr)  in  gered)ter  <&atyt  ift  ©ematt.    (Hebtng,  1321  f .) 

20.  ©ott  Ijilft  nnr  bann  menu  2ftenfd)en  nidjt  me^r  Ijelfen.  (flebing,  1323.) 

21.  3Ran  mug  bem  9Iugenblicf  aud)  roa8  oertrauen.    (ftebing,  1439.) 

22.  gruy  iibt  fide),  ma§  ein  2fteifter  merben  mitt.    (Sea,  1482.) 

23.  2)en  fdjredft  ber  23erg  nid)t,  ber  barauf  geboren.    (Sea,  1513.) 

24.  2)ie  5lrt  im  §au8  erfpart  ben  gimmermann.    (Sea,  1515.) 

25.  (Sin  jeber  roirb  befteuert  nad)  SBermogen.  (Sea,  1525.) 

26.  Ser  gar  gu  t»ieX  bebenft,  mirb  menig  leiften.  (Sea,  1533.) 

27.  3)er  lann  md)t  ftagen  iiber  Ijarten  ©prud), 

S)en  man  gum  2fteifter  fetneS  ©d)idfat«  madjt.    (©efeier,  1935  f .) 

28.  2)er  ift  mir  Der  Sfteifter, 

2)er  feiner  flunft  gettrig  ift  iiberatt.    (©efcier,  1941  f.) 

(237) 


238  '  rDiit^elm  Cell. 

29.  (SefciljrUd)  ift'8  ein  2ftorbgett)ef)r  gu  tragen 

Unb  auf  ben  ©djii^cn  fpringt  ber  $feit  guriitf.    (©e&ier,  1974  f .) 

30.  Unb  attguftraff  gefpannt,  gerfpringt  ber  53ogen.    (Rubens,  1997.) 
Ser  flug  ift,  feme  fdjtneigen  nnb  geljordjen.  (©efcier,  2086.) 

31.  @eib  etnig  —  einig  —  eintg.    (wtting&aufen,  2452.) 

32.  25e8  SBauern  £anbfd)lag  ift  and)  ein  2ftanne8tt)ort.    (2Rei<$t$ai,  2488.) 

33.  2)urd)  bieje  fyoljte  ©affe  muf$  er  fommen.    (£eir,  256i.) 

34.  gort  tnugt  bu,  beine  Ut)r  ift  abgelaufen.    (£eu,  2568.) 

35.  (S3  lebt  ein  ©ott,  gu  ftrafen  unb  gu  radjen.    (£ea,  2597.) 

36.  £)em  @^tt)ac^e.n  ift  fein  ©tadjel  audj  gegeben.    (£eii,  2676.) 

37.  Sfadje  trdgt  feine  grudjt.    (ftUrft,  3013.) 

38.  2)ie  £iebe  mitt  ein  freieS  Dpfer  fein.    (ftttrft,  8975.) 

39.  2Ber  Xtyv'tintn  ernten  mitt,  mug  2iebe  fden.    (3Reic$t$ai,  3082.) 

40.  2)a8  Ungliicf  tyridjt  getualtig  gu  bem  £ergen.    (fcebwig,  3124.) 


This  list  could  easily  be  made  much  longer. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY. 


The  following  list  does  not  claim  to  be  in  any  sense  complete.  It 
has  been  purposely  limited  to  some  of  the  latest  and  best  litera- 
ture, in  the  belief  that  only  such  will  be  of  real,  practical  value 
to  those  for  whom  this  book  is  designed.  For  fuller  biblio- 
graphy, the  reader  is  referred  to  the  works  of  Dierauer  and 
Hettler,  cited  at  the  end  of  this  list. 

EDITIONS. 

The  first  edition  of  Tell  and  the  only  one  which  received  Schiller's 
corrections  was : 
Wilhelm  Tell.     Schauspiel  von  Schiller.     Zum  Neujahrsgeschenk  auf 

1805.    Tubingen.    Cotta.     1804. 

CRITICAL   EDITIONS. 

Important  among  modern  critical  editions  are  those  by: 
M.  Carriere.     In  Brockhaus'  '  Bibliothek  der  deutschen  Classiker  des 

18.  und  19.  Jhdts.'     Leipzig,  187 1. 
H.  Oesterley.     In  Goedeke's  *  Historisch-kritische  Ausgabe,'  vol.  XIV. 

Stuttgart,  1872. 
W.  Vollmer.     Stuttgart,  1879. 
W.  v.   Maltzahn.      In    Hempel's   'Deutsche    Classiker.'       Schillers 

Werke,  vol.  VI.     New  ed.  1889. 
A.  Birlinger.    In  Kiirschner's  '  Deutsche  National-Literatur,'  vol.  145. 

Stuttgart,  1890. 

SCHOOL    EDITIONS. 

As  among  the  latest  and  best  of  the  numerous  German  and  Eng- 
lish school  editions,  with  introduction  and  notes,  may  be  mentioned 
those  of: 

German. 

Jul.  Naumann.     Leipzig,  2nd  edition,  1884.     Map. 
0.  Kallsen.     Gotha,  1884. 


240  ttHifjetm  Cell. 

J.  Polzel.     Vienna,  2nd  ed.  1888.     Map. 

A.  Funke.     Paderborn,  4th  ed.  1888.     Map. 

E.  Kuenen.     Leipzig,  3rd  ed.  1889. 

A.  Thorbecke.     Bielefeld  and  Leipzig,   1889.     Map. 

A.  Florin.     Tell-Lesebuch.     Davos,  1891.     Map. 

English. 
H.  Miiller-Striibing  and  R.  H.  Quick.    London,  2nd  ed.  1374.    Map. 
C.  A.  Buchheim.     Oxford,  7th  ed.  1886.     Map. 

Same  abridged.     Oxford,  2nd  ed.  1887.     Map. 
G.  E.  Fasnacht.     London,  1887.     Map. 
K.  Breul.     Cambridge,  1890.     2  Maps. 

Same  abridged.     Cambridge,   1890.     Map. 

COMMENTARIES. 

Valuable  among  detailed  commentaries  on  Tell  are  those  of: 
J.  Meyer.      Schillers  Wilhelm  Tell  auf  seine  Quellen  zuruckgefiihrt 

und   sachlich   und   sprachlich    erlautert.     New   ed.    revised    and 

enlarged  by  Barbeck.     Niirnberg,  1876. 
C.  Gude.    Erlauterungen  deutscher  Dichtungen.  Leipzig,  7th  ed.  1881. 
H.  Duntzer.     Wilhelm  Tell  erlautert.     Leipzig,  4th  ed.  1887. 
E.    Kuenen.      Die    deutschen    Classiker    erlautert    und    gewiirdigt. 

1  Bdchen.     3rd  ed.     Leipzig,  1889. 
A.  Florin.      Die  Unterrichtliche    Behandlung  von   Schillers  Wilhelm 

Tell.     Davos,   1891. 
Bohme.     Erlauterungen  zu  den  Meisterwerken  der  deutschen  Dicht- 

kunst.     Berlin,   1 89 1. 
L.  Bellermann.     Schillers   Dramen,   Beitrage  zu  ihrem  Verstandnis. 

Berlin,  2  vols.  1 888-1 891. 

More   or  less  brief  and  general   literary  comment    on  the   play 

may  be  found  in: 

Th.  Carlyle.  Life  of  Friedrich  Schiller.  Ed.  of  1845,  with  Supple- 
ment of  1872.     London,  1873. 

H.  Viehoff.     Schillers  Leben  etc.     Stuttgart,  1874-5.    3  vols. 

G.  G.  Gervinus.  Geschichte  der  deutschen  Dichtung.  5  vols.  5th  ed. 
Leipzig,  1874. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY.  241 

H.     Kurz.     Geschichte   der   deutschen    Literatur.      4   vols.      7th   ed. 

Leipzig,   1 876-1 881. 
Herm.  Hettner.     Geschichte   der   deutschen  Literatur   im    18.   Jhdt. 

3  vols.     3rd  ed.     Braunschweig,   1879. 
C.  Hepp.     Schillers  Leben  und  Dichten.     Leipzig,  1885. 

E.  Palleske.     Schillers  Leben  und  Werke.     12th  ed.    Stuttgart,  1886. 
H.  W.  Nevinson.     Life  of  Friedrich  Schiller.     London,   1889. 

Brief  mention  is  made  of  Xett  in  the  well-known  histories  of 
German  literature  by  Wilhelm  Scherer,  Vilmar,  and  Julian  Schmidt. 
Excellent  critiques  may  also  be  expected  in  later  volumes  of  the 
Schiller  biographies  by  Weltrich  and  Minor,  now  in  press. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

K.  Lucae.  Aus  deutscher  Sprach-  und  Litteraturgeschichte.  Mar- 
burg, 1889. 

M.  Muhlenbach.  Die  dramatische  Idee  in  Schillers  Wilhelm  Tell. 
Ratibor,  1883. 

H.  Bulthaupt.  Dramaturgic  der  Klassiker.  Oldenburg-Leipzig, 
1889. 

The  historical  and  legendary  phases  of  the  subject  are  exhaust- 
ively treated  in : 

W.    Vischer.     Die    Sage    von    der    Befreiung    der  Waldstadte    etc. 

Leipzig,   1867. 
W.  Gisi.     Quellenbuch  zur  Schweizergeschichte.     Bern,  1869. 
H.    Hungerbuhler.     Etude   critique   sur   les   traditions   relatives   aux 

origines  de  la  Confederation  Suisse.     Geneva,  1869. 
A.  Rilliet.    Les  Origines  de  la  Confederation  Suisse.   2nd  ed.    Geneva, 

1869. 
G.  Meyer  von  Knonau.     Die   Sage   von   der   Befreiung   der   Wald- 

statte.     Basel,  1873. 
Kopp.     Geschichte  der  eidgenossischen  Biinde  etc.     Luzern,  1874. 

F.  Vetter.     Uber   die   Sage   von   der    Herkunft   der   Schweizer   etc. 

Bern,  1877. 
E.  L.  Rochholz.     Tell  und  Gessler  in  Sage   und  Geschichte.     Heil- 
bronn,  1877. 


242  rOti^elm  Cell. 

P.  Vaucher.     Esquisse  d'histoire  Suisse.     Lausanne,  1882. 

W.  Oechsli.     Die  Anfange   der    Schweizerischen    Eidgenossenschaft. 

Zurich,  1 89 1. 
Ed.  Heyck.     Geschichte  der  Herzoge  von  Zahringen.    Freiburg,  i.  B., 

1891. 
J.  M.  Vincent.      State    and    Federal    Government    in    Switzerland. 

Baltimore,  1891. 
J.    Dierauer.      Geschichte    der    Schweizerischen    Eidgenossenschaft. 

Vol.  I.     Gotha,  1887.     Vol.   II.     Gotha,  1892.     Gives  very   full 

bibliography. 

For  full  lists  of  older  works,  cf. 
Aug.  Hettler.     Schillers  Dramen.     Eine  Bibliographic    Berlin,  1885. 


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